I was talking to my niece and nephew in Germany about holidays and gifts. The holiday “tyranny,†we like to call it. We have all stopped giving gifts to each other. “But the girls,†my nephew remarked, “they want gifts because it’s romantic.†Christmas is barely over and there’s the next gift-holiday approaching. Valentine’s has […]
Valentine’s Day is approaching, and that’s a mixed blessing.  If you don’t have a lover, you can feel like a loser.  If you have a partner who’s no longer a lover–you’ve drifted into asexual “friendshipâ€â€“you may feel a painful loss of passion.  Even if you have a lover, you may feel stressed about getting the […]
For 400 weeks I have made a heart for my beloved Madalene. It started soon after we met, as a weekly romantic gesture as I was so crazy in love. A little heart constructed out of silly things on her doorstep intending to make her smile. During those crazy early days of love, somehow, love […]
Here in Florida, our daffodils are coming up. No blooms yet, but I have high hopes we’ll have a chorus line of yellow dancing in the breeze come Valentine’s Day. Back in the big bad 1970s, Valentine’s Day was not so popular in my lesbian-feminist crowd. It was another capitalist ploy to get us to […]
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Robin
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