A long time ago I wrote about the kind of daughter-in-law I felt that MIL wanted and the impossibility of her existence. I was thinking today about the flip side - that I also had an image of the MIL I wanted and that she probably wouldn’t exist in real life. Sometimes, when I read others’

CBC linked to an article recently on the topic of race that I found interesting, partly because the author stated “racially pure” = “inbreeding”. Which is really true when you think about it - whites who marry whites and asians who marry asians are just inbreeding, but on a big enough scale where we

I’ve added The Inter-faith Marriage Network web site to the blogroll. From their web site: We’re in mixed marriages ourselves and we’ve listened to many other people in interfaith, intercultural and international relationships. We started the Interfaith Marriage Project because we realized that very little help or information was available for people like us, and couples

The dharma reading for last week and this week was Chapter 5, “The Happiness of One Person,” of Thich Nhat Hanh’s Touching Peace: Practicing the Art of Mindful Living. A summary follows. To prepare a person for living with another, Thay proposes an Institute for the Happiness of One Person, a one-year program with one course, “Looking

The news just came in: California’s Supreme Court has made same-sex marriage legal!  This has been a long time coming for what is considered one of the most liberal states in the Union.  I look forward to the other states following suit.  Some have said that this is just judicial activism that rejects the will

Here’s some same-sex marriage news: SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — As same-sex couples prepare to wed in California later this month, one county clerk in the conservative Central Valley plans to sidestep the state’s legalization of gay marriage by not performing any ceremonies. Ann Barnett plans to stop performing ceremonies for all couples in Kern County as of

Via Queer Visalia’s blog: As you already know, on June 17, gay and lesbian couples around California will be obtaining legal marriage licenses for the first time in history! You too can participate in this historic event by joining your fellow Tulare County couples at the County Courthouse to get YOUR marriage license! When:     June 17,

Today we went shopping for Jake for Father’s Day.  I was going to get him a present from Shep and surprise him, but I didn’t feel like shopping by myself and Jake doesn’t care about surprises.  We shopped around and he wanted to buy these shoes - Even though I like to believe I am not

Last night after work, Kate had “The Next Food Network Star” on.  Ordinarily, I’m not a big fan of reality shows, but this one sucked me in.  One of the contestants is named Lisa Garza.  There was a close-up of her at one point, and Kate remarked at how she looked “different” or “odd”.  I

“The world cannot afford the American dream.” -Shane Claiborne, author of The Irresistible Revolution: Living as an Ordinary Radical Today a woman named Lauren took a heavy crystal bowl off my front porch.  She left three pairs of shorts for Isaiah.  It was sheer Freecycling joy.  I didn’t know if I should give away my bowl.