Santa Monica Boulevard Through Hollwood

As I sit  here in my room in Springfield, MA, typing these words, I have tears running down my face.  It’s the week when we observe the Transgender Day Of Remembrance and I’ve just read another news story about a transgender woman who was murdered.  Honestly, I read a lot of these types of stories.  … More Santa Monica Boulevard Through Hollwood

An encounter on the street in Any-City USA

The following exchange just happened. A voice from behind startles me as I’m walking home from CVS around dusk.  It’s undecipherable, recognizable by tone as being a greeting or compliment of some kind.  I jump slightly, but try to hide my surprise. “Hey.”  I say, as a youngish man neatly dressed in “urban” styled sportswear … More An encounter on the street in Any-City USA