Post Serial:
I shared JZs love of vintage hats with my very first costume student ever. Like, she was in high school, I was in college and she signed up to be my assistant for the second play I designed. I am now crying because she is going to make sure to wear a hat tomorrow in JZs honor.
This incarnation of the board is as old as my middle kid!
Whoa! Or perhaps woah? Anyway, I don’t know why this particular thing seems significant to me right now but it does
On my second after work drink, in theory before heading to a different spot for dinner. We’ll see. But that could explain the whoa-ness.
yay homecoming for Arthur!
have missed this fast moving post. y'all are wonderful to read!
ETA: I accidentally italicized
An unexpected beach trip sounds nice.
I’m glad Arthur is going home.
An unexpected beach trip sounds nice.
It is our happy place. She likes to swim and I like to bounce in the water and chat, and then go back and read and people watch while she swims. It is “just” a Great Lake beach, not the ocean, but it is so calming.
It is “just” a Great Lake beach, not the ocean
There's no "just" about it -- the Great Lakes are no small potatoes! They have currents and waves and riptides! But no salt and no sharks.
I am so missing our family beach trip. I keep telling R stories and realizing they have beaches in them, but not the NC beach. Turkey, Corfu. Beaches when my mom was alive, if not with me. I need beach and book time. I need escape right now.
As mentioned on fb, R and I watched The Matrix tonight for the first time since either of us learned it was a metaphor for the trans experience. It is a really heavy movie through that lens, especially watching it with someone who is just realizing they are trans. So many damn details in there - like, I don’t think Switch or Epoch got pronouns. Just their names.
That’s interesting. Now I want to rewatch.
I haven’t been around the board much in the past few years (although I do occasionally lurk) but coming back and reading all the lovely posts about JZ has been healing. Like coming home to people who have known you for a long time and regardless of how we wander, we can come back and soothe one another during difficult times. Thank you all for this virtual vigil.
Hec, I have no wise words. But you and Matilda have my love and support.