Well, I'm just about to leave for Slave Lake Alberta. They changed my destination, and now I'm going to be there an extra day, so more than likely this will be my last chance to talk to you guys until Friday. Wish me luck, I'm a little nervous.

Yesterday morning I found out I had lost ten pounds and now I have a whole lot of leftover Halloween candy in my house (NOT GOOD!).

I enjoyed the program - seemed to be fair & modern views except for one doctor who alluded to TG children deciding that they would revert back to their birth gender. Not my experience for myself & those of my aquaintence.

http://www.cbc.ca/passionateeye/episode/post-1.html is the web address enjoy. I cannot figure out how to make the address a hyperlink.

Queen Ruth

May the sun always shine on your parade

Happy Halloween everybody!

Contest results will be announced tomorrow. Sorry about that.

Hugs,
Erin

Well, I'm going to be away Tuesday and Wednesday, as my work has asked me to go to a store in the far north of Alberta for two shifts. I'll stay in the town overnight between them at hotel on Walmart's dime, and my meals and gas will be paid for as well. I could use the extra work, but I'll be without a computer for the two days, so more than likely you guys wont hear from me until I get back. Super hugs to all.

Hi

Just to let those who may be interested know - WEIRD WEDNESDAY is now available for Kindle.

Tanya Allan's Page

On Kindle US

On Kindle UK

My next Title will be the previously unseen and unpublished MARINE... hopefully within the week... WATCH THIS SPACE.

Thanks

Tanya

I know it is off topic, but for any musical theatre fans out there, tonight Wicked! is celebrating an anniversary, and after the performance they are webcasting a special Encore with the whole cast performing in concert mode, a song that was voted on by fans.

It will only be availble tonight at 9pm EDT.

You can catch it at http://www.livestream.com/wickedbroadway?rsvptoeventid=418277

This is streaming some older content right now.

At 9pmEDT it will also be available at

http://www.youtube.com/officialwicked

It's only about 15 minutes away.

I have been told that I was not clear in my Blog on the above noted program. According to the CBC's website, the program airs tonight, October the 30th at 22:00. It is followed by one titled "The Third Sex" at 23:00.

My apologies for any confusion I may have caused. I have a DVD player hooked to my boob tube but have never used it but will try tonight if the weather is clear - I only have satellite reception - no reception when there is nothing to do but watch TV - LOL.

I hope the program lives up to the trailer I saw.

Queen Ruth

May the sun always shine on your parade

The CBC has announced that its program "The Passionate Eye" will present a documentary next Sunday at 22:00 eastern time dealing with transgendered children and their parents. The trailer, shown tonight, led me to believe that the parents were supportive and the children young.

This for your information in case that you are interested in viewing.

Queen Ruth

May the sun always shine on your parade

Has anyone recently had problems logging in to BC? For the last 3 or 4 days I haven't been able to open the site using http://bigcloset.ateros.com/newstuff/index.html. (That is what the computer calls up when I start typing Big....) Just to check, I went to acouple of other sites and clicked on the link to BC and they didn't seem to work either.

Well, last night I had an incident that shows how much I've changed in the last while. See, I was on my way to work, and I stopped in at sub place to grab lunch, and the kid behind the counter said "What can I get you sir?" Now, I was in my wig, my wal-mart clothes, and was carrying a purse, so "sir" just wasn't the pronoun I would have preferred him to use. But while not that long ago an incident like that would have sent me spiraling downwards, I immediately thought "poor kid, needs better glasses, cant tell sirs from ma'ams." I think its a good sign, dont you guys?

I'm still fairly new to this site, so I should probably start with a bit of an introduction.

As my screen name (Ragtime Rachel) indicates, I'm a ragtime enthusiast. I'm quite enamored as well of the music of the Roaring Twenties and swing eras, and have dabbled a bit in composing ragtime on the computer. (I just wish I could play the piano worth a darn....)

I'm also a male-to-female pre-op transsexual who, incidentally, has cerebral palsy and uses a wheelchair.

It has always amazed me that I have never seen a protagonist in transgender fiction who is like me--a wheelchair user with a neurological disorder.

Well I have posted a little bit about some of my dorm experiences. I know it has been a while since I posted. This is a very short post, but I may add more to it if inspired. A lot has happened in the past two months. At the end of August, I had to live out of my car for about a week or two. That is an experience I would like not to repeat. I moved into a house that I am renting and getting used to that. As to not writing, my stories' characters have been silent in telling me where they want to go.

I just wanted to thank all my readers for their response to my latest effort, St. George and the Dragon. I was concerned that the reception might be considerably less positive than it was. Those of you who have been reading it know that the theme is not tightly tied to the TG experience; however, many of the trials one of the characters goes through are directly due to the homophobic beliefs of the people in the circle where she lives.

I got up this morning had a stretch and opened the curtains and smiled.

Not a bad view and I didn't need Photoshop. The mist on the ground over the fields was lovely.

Hugs
Sue

PS: taken with an Olympus E-510 with a 40-150 lens

Channel four is airing a documentary series as from the 8th November. "My Transexual Summer."

It portrays four MtF's and two FtM's undergoing SRS together.

Despite the dubious title judging by the trailers the subject will be handled sensitively and candidly. (I hope so anyway.)

Sorry to say, those outside the UK may not have access.