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Mental Health V: Peace of Mind
The last in a series of five essays about Mental Health to celebrate the dog days of August. Mental Health I: Why Do I Write? Mental Health II: Suicide is Painless Mental Health III: You Were Never Sick; Get Yourself … Continue reading
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Mental Health IV: Cognitive Behavioral Therapy
The fourth in a series of five essays about Mental Health to celebrate the dog days of August. Mental Health I: Why Do I Write? Mental Health II: Suicide is Painless Mental Health III: You Were Never Sick; Get Yourself … Continue reading
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Mental Health III: You Were Never Sick, Get Yourself Better
The third in a series of five essays about Mental Health to celebrate the dog days of August. Mental Health I: Why I Write Mental Health II: Suicide is Painless When you have a substitute school bus driver, it doesn’t … Continue reading
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Mental Health II: Suicide is Painless
The second in a series of five essays about Mental Health to celebrate the dog days of August. Mental Health I: Why I Write On Friday March 28, 1975 I tried to kill myself. I failed. I hadn’t failed at … Continue reading
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Mental Health I: Why Do I Write?
The first in a series of five essays about Mental Health to celebrate the dog days of August. I’d been writing words and sentences since the first grade. As a person of engineering temperament, I expressed myself with logic and … Continue reading
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Let Us Give Blood!
In January, the American Red Cross proclaimed its first ever “blood crisis.” Boston-area hospitals have established priority protocols should available blood become scarce. My response to this humanitarian challenge: Tough Nuggies to the homophobic Red Cross. Forty-five years ago, as … Continue reading
Homosexuals Rub Shoulders at The Met
Dapper gents in green ties have eyed each other across the galleries of The Metropolitan Museum of Art for over a century. There’s nothing new in that. What’s new these days, green ties long discarded, is that we get to … Continue reading
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Tagged David Hockney, homosexual, Metropolitan Museum of Art, Michelangelo, The Met
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10 Gay Sensibilities on Parade Over Thanksgiving Weekend
Over the four day Thanksgiving weekend I recognized gay sensibilities integrated into every aspect of our culture. After six decades on this planet, I’m thankful that, for many of us, being gay in America allows our fullest expression. My dream … Continue reading
Posted in Gay, United States
Tagged ART, Boys in the Band, Channing Tatum, CorePower Yoga, Eve Ensler, Foxcatcher. Steve Carell, Gold's Gym, Green Bay Packers, Idina Menzel, Macy's Parade, Mark Ruffalo, Mary Poppins, New England Patriots, NFL, OPC, red velvet cake, Rockettes, Thanksgiving, Tony Danza
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