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Some days I am grateful for the chinook winds that blow our winter away, but not when it means that I have to take down my new Christmas wreath because it's banging too much on the door! It was a wildly windy one last night.
 
Today the weather-maker seemed to realize that winter was coming on much too soon and turned back the clock. It's a balmy 14 degrees out there. Some rain but now a very light overcast - lots of water in the parking lots from melting snow.
 
That's probably the system we had on the weekend. We're now back to late fall-early winter condition. Highs around 0-1 with flurries.
 
Jennifer Gable, a transgender woman born as "Geoffrey," had been living as a woman for years before her sudden death from a brain aneurysm -- which is why her friends were shocked to see what appeared to be a man in the casket at the young woman's funeral.

Deceased transgender woman's friends enraged after family buries her as a man - Your Community
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cbc.ca|By Lauren O'Neil

I couldn't get into Reta's thread. I kept getting a warning so I am posting here. Just another awful thing
that the trans community might have to deal with. anyone know anything about this?
 
crazyheart,

funerals/wakes/celebrations of life are for the living; the dead don't care one way or another

those who make this an issue or are offended by it are those who take issue with it or are offended by it -- i think the only ones who have any 'authority' in any of their feelings & thoughts are the family of the deceased

(the 'trans community' is analogous to the 'Christian community', a group of people who say they follow the same g_d, but when you really ask them, separately, you find out that there is a LOT of nuance to their worldview that to an outsider looks like 'hey, you're all believing different things'...)

i've found that death tends to strip away at the pretensions of life, showing just what parts of the world that I think of is real is just because of me and what parts are real without my input -- it forces mindfulness upon me

the social norms around death in our culture are very very deeply held -- to stray from the social norms in that regard can be very difficult (and even more painful)
 
Inannawhimsey said:
those who make this an issue or are offended by it are those who take issue with it or are offended by it -- i think the only ones who have any 'authority' in any of their feelings & thoughts are the family of the deceased
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Sometimes friends make up more of a family much moreso than those who are blood related.
 
Today I have a book signing at the local Coop store. I'll be there for three hours over the busy dinner hour (4-7). Unless they kick me out, if I am still getting customers, I will stay later.
Fifteen or so years ago with my first book, I had good sales through the Coop. I hope for a repeat of that experience with a much better book.
I also appreciate those members of the WonderCafe who have contacted me about buying a book.
And today I am off again to my volunteer job of feeding the hungry. I am donating $2 from every book I sell through the church and another volunteer made a donation so I had $100 to spend at the Coop store during this sale. I stocked up on cereal, cheese, canned meats, pasta and much much more - saving almost $100 off the usual list prices by studying the sale flyer and only buying things that had a good discount.
I'll be off to the church in a few minutes to add these items to our pantry tables. Unfortunately, due to lack of money in our benevolent fund we may be cutting back on vouchers today - offsetting the good fortune resulting from the Coop sale.
 
Good news - the church shuffled its budget a bit and made money available for vouchers today. People coming not only got a $20 voucher for the grocery store but a few good items from my table.
Now for lunch, a short rest, and then to the book signing.
 
Wonderful news Seeler - nice to hear of such positive results for you (and your church project), as a result of your diligent work and courage to take risk.
 
I sold 16 books in three hours at the book-signing at the Coop store last evening, despite storm warnings and snow that started during the last hour. And others interested and inquiring if I would be back (probably not) or if the book would still be available at the store (yes). I don't know what is considered good sales, but I was pleased -- especially since most of these were to strangers, rather than to people I know as at the church.

Today is a wonderland of white - and a good day to make a gumdrop cake - if Seelerman will cut up gumdrops. He's out playing with the snowblower right now - the first time he's had to use it this year. (The previous snows were light and fluffy and could be handled easily with a scraper or shovel.)
 
Good morning folks.

I am playing scrabble via MicroSoft's xbox games. One of my boards this morning...my letters are iiiiiou -- this could be interesting!
Could swap, but will see if there are places to have fun with before I do.
 
Yes, I was challenged to start a board the other day with not a single vowel, not even a Y....not possible...
 
It's ugly out today. I had a doctor's appointment to get to, my 2nd furthest doctor. Most people were driving safely, but I don't know how many times I got stuck behind other people who weren't even attempting to follow lanes, as we approached a light there was suddenly a bunch of people who had to move over about 2 feet because they were all partially in the turning lane, even though the tracks were mostly right. Also the one idiot in a truck, I was in the left lane for a while, traffic going anywhere from 30-60 in an 80 zone. He wanted to tailgate, so I moved over. He went back and forth between the 3 lanes, never actually getting ahead other than me having him in front because I figured I was safer that way. Must of switched lanes at least 10 times, reducing everyone's visibility.

Glad to be home, I turned the kettle on a while ago, I better actually get up to make tea!
 
Just got back from a doctor's appointment myself (dermatologist) and saw the aftermath of a lovely red Mercedes taking out a traffic light pole (the kind that breaks away to minimize injury to the driver). Ouch. Would not want to be either that driver or their insurance company (though from the look of another car at the scene and how the vehicles were positioned relative to each other, the Mercedes driver may not have been at fault).
 
*sigh* I shoveled the sidewalk only this morning after my appointment. I didn't realize Chemguy had done the sidewalk and driveway this morning, before he left. I shouldn't have bothered, looking out now you can't make out a difference between the sidewalk and driveway.
 
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