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A Curly Lock of Hair

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The Laughing Boy -Frans Hals (Art Museum Mauritshuis) I took pic in The Hague, Netherlands with Holden I hold a little blue box With joy. A locket of hair. Its browns and golds sparkle In the light. When you were three You asked your mom to cut your hair. It floored her you know. A show of your independence. A show of her act of love. For your mom to snip your curls.   Like flecks of gold Cut away from a Byzantine Art piece. When you get to be 8 or 9 years old I’ll ask you,   “ Do you want to see a treasure?” “Of course, Nanna, show me! ” I’ll have you follow me. You’ll watch expectantly as I pull out a small blue box. Before I open it, I’ll pause. For your full attention. “This is so precious.”     I’ll say as I hug it to my heart. My eyes will make sure they reach yours. I’ll reverently open the box. “It’s hair!”  You'll most likely say with disgust. “It’s your three-year-old self’s curl,”   I’ll reply with a smile. “Your Mom let me keep one.” “Aw, Nanna,...
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Diverted Depression in November

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NaNoWriMo ( National November Writing Month)   has been a challenge again to write 50,000 words in thirty days.  https://nanowrimo.org 50,000 words can seem intimidating, especially when I skipped writing for a day or two.  The panic hit when I kept seeing there were fewer days left to get the novel finished.  But I accomplished my goal.  Today is the last day of November and I’ve written 50,000 words.   After I Iost a friend to death this month, I didn’t think I could write.  And when the election results came in on the same day as my friend’s funeral, I felt I was grieving two-fold.  My brain was full of sadness.  The sadness permeated all my power to think.  It felt like my thoughts had been put into an apple press and it had mashed up everything, leaving me with liquid. When I began writing, for the NaNoWriMo challenge, I’d look at my computer screen, put my fingers on the keyboard and nothing.  No ideas, no ...
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Holden's Awesomeness

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Today I saw on Instagram Holden posted the latest Trump administration projections on eliminating transgender identifications.   It makes me sad he has to worry about the state America is in right now and how it contributes to fears he has for others and himself. Flag flown in Leipsig, Germany No Gender-Beautiful! I’m including Holden interviewing me.   He also posted it on social media and on his Patreon site.    https://www.patreon.com/holdenmad/posts .  Protesting Injustices Resulted in the End of The Berlin Wall  Nov. 9, 1989 I wrote this a couple of weeks ago while in Germany.    I didn’t change any of it today, as I got ready to post. I read it and feel the same things as I felt then.   Notes from 10-7-2018 I’m sitting by a second floor window overlooking a street of Sunday pedestrians passing by.   I’m in Leipsig, Germany. I’ve been in Germany for a few weeks.   Already I don’t notice...
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