Talking With Strangers
Making friends from strangers has never been easy. The reasons I've analyzed in my own case are tied to who I am as a personality, but also who I chose to be.
Think You’re Too Old to Start a New Language?
Learning continuously is important in aging well. Learning a language is shown to be especially beneficial.
This Is Who I Am: Why I Tell People I’m Gay Even If They Know
A personal account of how and why I became comfortable with telling others, including strangers, that I'm gay.
Places To Go and Places To Be
I love where I live and this is the story of how that came to be. The story is also an appreciation of one of Barry Lopez's essays about connection to place.
The Proverbial Fat Lady Is Still in Good Voice
Going from one later decade of life into another. Looking back, looking forward.
I Playacted at Being Straight. Here’s Why I Stopped.
Coming out as a gay male in the 1060's was a lonely process. This is a story about how I arrived at the decision to come out and why it was necessary.