Wonderful article in The Atlantic about a supportive and loving "man's man" of a father raising a -- in his words -- "gender creative" son.

http://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2013/09/my-son-wea...

I must admit to having shed a happy tear or two.

A little background. You know I'm 70: No secret. I was raised in a suburb of a large Midwestern city that had no city water, so when our suburb was built (started late 30s, our home built 1940, I was born '43) so everything was set up around community wells, about 12 to 15 homes to each well. So, no fluoride in the water. Also the Gene fairy was unkind to both sides of my family. Both my parents hat their teeth removed in their early 30s, before I was born. I never knew them without dentures.

The fuse I lit nearly two weeks ago is about to reach its end...

When I heard this talk on "TED Talks", the woman's story surprised me by its practicality. There are lots of concepts and ideas there that can be used by us all. Many of those ideas are exactly what I had to learn in my own recovery.

I hope that many of you will find this as useful as I did.

Gwendolyn

http://www.upworthy.com/what-s-schizophrenia-like-a-woman-wh...

Some more random thoughts:

It's been brought to my attention that the fact that my new book's not TG (see last blog post) might affect people's purchasing decisions. Fair enough, I didn't even think of it at the time I posted the last blog post, so I'm letting people know now.

You ever start writing a story, and feel sure you know what direction its heading, only to have the story head off in a completely different direction?

Nothing related to TG but I know there are quite a few UK authors and users on this site. Have to laugh at this one. London skyscraper "melting" parked cars.... "The skyscraper's developers said they were seeking to rectify the problem which they blamed on the position of the sun at certain times of day." Hmmmm.... Sure, blame it on the sun. It's clearly out to get them. Perhaps a lawsuit against that pesky star? Perhaps it's something they might have anticipated. I don't think the sun has changed it's route across the sky recently.

struggling with flashbacks all of a sudden. I wonder if there is a connection between being stressed for other reasons and how frequently I relive my rapes?

Well, apparently, my tummy has some firm ideas about what it likes, and cooked lettuce and stringy ham definitely dont make the cut. For the second day in a row, I ended up throwing up my supper because I was trying to eat more healthy.

Not good.

Not good at all....

I am really happy that something I did in the most recent chapter of Written in the Body played off well. Something I have been setting up for half the story was made clear and that is a slight trans element in a side story. People were surprised but supportive. It is playing out really well and that makes me happy. I have no idea how many of you are following that story but I was just excited about that and wanted to share. :D

Mindful is up on Amazon and Kindle.
Anybody interested only has to look for it under titles 'Mindful' or Authors, Beverly Taff.

And I don't mean that in a way to say that I have arrived.

So, I've self-published a book on Kindle.

Hello. I'm just wondering if anyone here know's anything about stocks and bonds and investing. I am considering opening up a investment account. I have looked around and considering my limited money and such, I'm going to open a high yeild savings account and then a Brokerage account with the investment firm "Charles Schwab". I have been and I am continously looking around for more info. have looking and learning about different investments and bonds and funds. I'm thinking about putting the majority of my funds in a Growth-and-income, equity-income, and balanced funds, mutual fund.

Happy Birthday to my bestest friend and favorite Vixen, Randalynn!!!

I won't divulge Milady's age, but will tell you she is dealing with a possible kidney stone :(

Some Random thoughts:

Hello everyone! I'm in need of some help. Some years ago I wrote my first book, Heroes of Justice. Finally I've got around to getting it ready to go up on Kindle, but for one small problem, the Cover. I understand that there is a service were you can for a low price ask for a cover to be made for you. That's great!

However, you still need to have some idea of what to ask for since the artist has more than likely never read your story.