So, I was wondering around the Taste of Edmonton, and I saw this beautiful skirt.

It was in my favorite color (3 guesses which one), and it fit me.

But I had to pass it up because it was $200.00.

Sometimes, it sucks being a responsible adult.

My kitchen mixer tap has been dripping for some weeks. Yesterday I tried to get the cap off and failed. I went and finished reading a novel instead. Today, with a renewed feeling of intent, I got a selection of screwdrivers and set to. I had bought some washers in the week so hoped I could do the job. I have never been good at plumbing, I'm still not, but it seems mixer taps don't have washers, they have cartridges. I watched a couple of you tube videos to see what I had to do, I then looked on Screwfix site to see how much they were. There are loads.

Hey ladies :-)

Since my last post showing off some of the AI art I've created of my characters, I've been... well, we need a better word than 'busy.' :-) Don't worry, I'm still writing too, faster than ever in fact (I have a full thirteen chapters in my backlog that I need to get to editing). But here are some of my favourite images I've created. Here's Laura, a bit older than she was in her story:

If strangers know anything about Alberta, it's probably the resort towns of Jasper and Banff.

Well, right now, Jasper has been evacuated, and fires have reached the outer reaches of the town.

We are safe from the fires here in Edmonton, but the smoke is making it hard to breathe.

hugs and prayers appreciated.

I'm disgustingly old, 77 1/2, and while there have not been any diagnoses of Dementia or Alzheimer's, I'm tired, so tired. The Doctors such as they are think I have MS. For now, I plan to keep writing as a relief to my severe Depression, I do not plan to publish any more whether under Ahabidah, or Gwen Brown. I'm hoping that I die in my sleep rather than rot away in a care center. I was going to leave my email but that will expose me to scammers, so perhaps I'll just check the site for PMs, if there are any. Should anyone want to, I am sure the Admins can contact me.

from GOC.

Meet the parents...

That's me on YouTube, where I can say what I want to.

OOPs, just got in trouble on YouTube. Guess I was wrong. :(

In the midst of coping with the world situation, I've heard about a Term that is new to me and used by someone I've never heard of; Charli ????

Feeling hyper alert in the present situation in the US.

All things considered, internal and external, BC has a bright future.

Jill

Who knew being a beautiful princess on a mission to save the world could be so dangerous?

Are lgbTq influential enough to affect an election ???

When we meet someone whether they are an old or a first time meeting our voice is the second thing noticed and it's usually an unconscious thought. The first thing noticed is physical appearance and that includes not only body but also attire. Do not dress like an escapee from a homeless shelter who lost all one's clothes in a flood or a fire. The Hippy Revolution was in the past and it should have been left there along with the tie dyed clothes and other bright ugly mismatched colors. Did everyone suddenly go color blind back in the sixties?

Diane enjoys(?) that essential experience of shopping for a new dress...

Longtime no see everyone! I wanted to let everyone know that after waaaaay too long of a time I've completed my draft and first edit for Suddenly Royal 2: Royal Performer!

Life and writers block had interfered with finishing it until now, but it'll be coming soon! I'm hoping to publish the complete book on Amazon later next month, and I'll post a chapter a week on here as well.

I just had someone ask me about any upcoming books, so I thought I would share the news with you all!

Who is affected by the Global BSOD caused by Microsoft?

"Dust" is a maker of internet short videos. I got curious about them, who they are, where they are, how they function and all that. I did not find out if they use sources outside their group, or if they pay them. It's just an idea but perhaps some of the better writers on BCTS could submit their work to Dust, you know, take a flyer. They might even be interested in TG content. I see a lot of TG content on YouTube nowadays.

Just an idea.

Ahabidah

and I'm running a fever of 103F right now. Just took some tylenol. I have more than a few of the markers for being at higher risk from covid, so keep me in your thoughts, please. I'll let you all know how things go over the next few days.

DINGDINGDING

You hear that? That's the chiming of the bell signifying the end of voting for the contest! So without further ado...

2:00 AM PDT my time. Just finished watching outsider Russian movie called "Attraction". It is about 2 hours long and in my opinion very good. It is worth your time. It came out before the Ukraine/Putin war. It makes me realize that there are things that are more important than gender.

The English dubbing is flawless, though a bit stilted.

Project 2025 will end Big Closet.

Wake up!

Jill

38 years ago it was a Monday morning when I went into my office as a woman and everyone was very helpful. I've had a few difficult days since then including coming to terms with a stroke and the finite quality of life. I've lost my son, my marriage had already broken up, but he took his own life in 2014, a week after I'd celebrated 28 years of being me. The surgery took longer than anticipated but gave me time to know it was right for me. I just got into the fast track applicants to the Gender Panel, so after 16 or so years as female, I actually got legal status as one.

or something

There is no excuse for substituting violence for political discourse.

There us no excuse for doing things that result in death and severe injury.

Those two statements aren't debatable in a civilized society.

However, those who are clutching their pearls on Sunday morning TV are those who have excused January 6th as a free speech exercise.

Killing someone is an irrational act. Those who are pointing fingers need to be more rational. That would help.

Jill.

Is anyone else having issues with logging in to Patron? It claims to be sending a verification code to my email address, but it never arrives.

I swear, if you could somehow film my dreams, you would have a blockbuster. Like last night, I dreamed I was a police woman in a small town with a sexist boss when something made people in the town go crazy and I had to keep people from hurting each other.

See what I mean

Power just returned after a couple days. Now might be a good idea to get new batteries for a couple of my UPSs. I may be able to return my worn-out UPS batteries by UPS.

So, day one of chemo.

Got to say, I'm having second thoughts about it after the lecture and Environmental Protection Suit I was given to clean up spills, if any. To include, if more than a small amount gets on your cloths, put them in the bio-hazard bag and bring to us for DESTRUCTION. And this is stuff I'm putting INTO my body intravenously! I mean, I get where Paracelsus was going when he said, "All things are poisons, for there is nothing without poisonous qualities. It is only the dose which makes a thing poison,” but still!

There is a site that is new to me on YouTube called "The Bender Of Gender". So far, the first entry looks to be some four hours long. It is all voice and perhaps a Cross Dressers dream. I'm into it about ten minutes, and have it paused to make this blog. It remains to be seen if I will be able to keep getting into it for the whole four hours.

So far so good.

Does anybody get a weird black screen with aboutblank in the address bar when entering the Bigcloset website?

or at least not engaging drive!

I've been wanting to comment more here, but I realized that I am so much better at communicating when I write fiction. Being my bland self feels tedious and really I want to write. I want my writing to be free of constraints and liberating (to me at least). Much like how some of my stories seem to liberate some of my characters from the contents in their pants. Consequently, I've decided to take a stab at creating three personas when I comment.

Hilary Cass, who wrote the recent report on care for trans children for the UK government, is to be made a peer:
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c84975xgdwlo

This means she will have a seat in the UK House of Lords and have a vote on UK laws - for life.

Check it out here!

Voting officially ends at midnight PDT on July 15th!

Melanie E.

Happy Independence Day, all you Murricans! Enjoy your day.

Well for now at least.

A little birdie told me that today is Dot's birthday. Let's take a moment to celebrate her life and wish her well.

As promised everyone, my newest Whateley Story is now at the Whateley Site and live. You can find it here:

The World Knows Not

Enjoy and leave me a comment here or over at Whateley!

Thanks!

Jamie Farr played Corporal Klinger on M.A.S.H.

Klinger was trying to get discharged from the service during the Korean War and often dressed in women's clothing to show how crazy he was.

It was "hilarious."

Of course, it was a cringeworthy moment for some of us every time he wore a new outfit.

Does anyone else remember him?

Jill

Just letting you know that when I clicked onto the site and had to log in, it didn't return to the home page but went to a page with just the stories and every time I try to log back in, it does the exact same thing.

Next year will be 20 years since I came out, 18 years since I had mtf surgery. Now I have questions. You old timers know who I am, and the problem logging in with my old user name. (Gwen Brown)

I've been thinking a lot about my relationship with my brother.

I think I can finally admit I've been jealous of him pretty much my whole life.

As a kid, I wanted to be able to catch up to him in school, to be competitive with him at ping pong, or play the guitar like he did.

And even when we became adults I always felt like I was not as good as him. He managed to overcome his issues and succeed at college, and get a good job as a programmer, while I failed three times to get a higher education and barely managed to get a certificate as a Nurse's Aide.

It is now just over five weeks since I had my heart bypass operation. I haven't been ignoring you folks because there was nothing to say; rather the opposite, there is (very slow) progress but I just haven't had the time or energy to document it.

Time to put that right.

My daughter was in Cardiff the other day when a woman approached her and handed her a flier about the preservation of woman-only spaces, against transwomen. My daughter quickly scanned it and then gave it back to her saying, "These spaces should be open to all women, however they became so, as they are all women and they are all equal." She said she felt very angry that people should be prejudicial, it annoyed her feminism. I was very proud of her.