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Grace Anne Stevens: Of Thee I Dream (Poetry)
Grace Anne Stevens Of Thee I Dream
My country used to be
The home of Liberty
Of this I singLand where our dreams come true
For me and each of you
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The Twist Podcast Great Edition: Great Healthcare for Nobody, Great Changes at Miss America, and America Makes Russia Great Again
Join co-hosts Mark McNease and Rick Rose as we take a look at the headlines, GOP glee at destroying healthcare for millions, changes at Miss America, Russia rising, and terror for the entire family at the border.
Enjoy The Twist on Libsyn, iTunes, SoundCloud, Stitcher, YouTube, and right here at The Twist Podcast page.
Copyright 2018 MadeMark Publishing
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The Twist Podcast Great Edition: Great Healthcare for Nobody, Great Changes at Miss America, and America Makes Russia Great Again
Join co-hosts Mark McNease and Rick Rose as we take a look at the headlines, GOP glee at destroying healthcare for millions, changes at Miss America, Russia rising, and terror for the entire family at the border.
Enjoy The Twist on Libsyn, iTunes, SoundCloud, Stitcher, and right here at The Twist Podcast page.
Copyright 2018 MadeMark Publishing
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‘Outer Voices Inner Lives’ Anthology Now Complimentary for All LGBTSr Email Subscribers
Email subscribers current and new will be able to download a complimentary copy of ‘Outer Voices Inner Lives,’ the Lambda Literary Award finalist for anthology featuring stories by LGBTQ writers over 50. If you’re an email subscriber, look for the download link in the next newsletter (“on your virtual doorstep twice a month”). If you’re new, the download link is included with the thank you and final confirmation emails, via Book Funnel (ePub, MOBI or PDF – you choose!). Click here to subscribe.About Outer Voices Inner Lives (with a foreword by Patricia Nell Warren):
A Lambda Literary Award Finalist for anthology, ‘Outer Voices Inner Lives’ is a vibrant collection of stories and personal reflections by 16 LGBTQ writers over 50, authors with the understanding and experience that come from maturing. With a foreword by iconic author Patricia Nell Warren, this collection will resonate with older readers who may identify with many of the experiences depicted in these stories. And younger readers will find inspiration, imagination, and the resiliency of the creative spirit. Writers include: Dominic Ambrose, Sally Bellerose, Michael Craft, Allison Green, Jane Eaton Hamilton, Lee Lynch, David Masello, Richard May, John McFarland, Stephanie Mott, Dawn Munro, Neil Ellis Orts, Gary Pedler, James Reynolds and Jean Ryan.
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The Savvy Senior: How to Make a Living Will
The Savvy Senior
By Jim MillerDear Savvy Senior,
What’s the best way to go about making a living will? I recently retired and would like to start getting my affairs in order, just in case.
Approaching 70
Dear Approaching,
Preparing a living will now is a smart decision that gives you say in how you want to be treated at the end of your life. Here’s what you should know, along with some resources to help you create one.
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LGBTSr Celebrates 400 Email Subscribers (and Counting)!
We’ve officially hit the 400 subscriber mark. After 7 years of sharing columns, reviews, podcasts, interviews, and content of all kinds, it’s a day to celebrate.
LGBTSr now has 400 subscribers to the website, 4,134 followers on the Facebook page, and 226 members of the new LGBTSr Group on Facebook, where conversation meets community as we embrace age and celebrate life.
Thanks to everyone! If you like what you find here, please spread the word and help us grow. It would be amazing to end the year at 500!
Mark McNease/Editor
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LGBTSr Celebrates 400 Email Subscribers (and Counting)!
We’ve officially hit the 400 subscriber mark. After 7 years of sharing columns, reviews, podcasts, interviews, and content of all kinds, it’s a day to celebrate.
LGBTSr now has 400 subscribers to the website, 4,134 followers on the Facebook page, and 226 members of the new LGBTSr Group on Facebook, where conversation meets community as we embrace age and celebrate life.
Thanks to everyone! If you like what you find here, please spread the word and help us grow. It would be amazing to end the year at 500!
Mark McNease/Editor
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Lee Lynch’s Amazon Trail: Remember Summer?
Photo by Sue Hardesty By Lee Lynch
The Amazon Trail: Remember Summer?I mean serious summer. When the season was all fireflies and sandcastles, ice cream trucks and taking the train to visit relatives for two whole weeks. It was hours of reading, amusement parks, and hitting tennis balls against the apartment building next door for hours. It was the public swimming pool and cool sheets for sunburns and the ice cream truck. It was freedom.
I’m not exactly sure what happened, or at what age summertime was stolen away, but it sure ain’t what it used to be.
I am not a social person and I don’t have the energy I had when I played vigorous games of handball (with myself) at the P.S. 20 playground once school let out in June. These days, an interview fries me. My summer started with 3 of them in two weeks. The interviewers were terrific and the subjects dear to my heart. In one of them, I talked with Natasha Frost about what pulp novels meant to us: https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/lesbian-pulp-fiction-ann-bannon.
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Grace Anne Stevens: My Transgender Life – Perhaps Parallel Lines Do Meet
Grace Anne Stevens Editor’s Note: I’m excited to welcome Grace Anne Stevens as a new contributor. Grace’s voice is unique, necessary, and a fabulous addition to LGBTSr. – Mark/Editor
By Grace Anne Stevens
My Transgender Life: Perhaps Parallel Lines Do MeetLife is full of change and transitions. This is just one of those universal constants, that even if we forget to apply it to understand our life’s journeys, still takes effect. It applies to each of us, and there is nothing at all we can do about it.
As a transgender woman, there has been that moment of transition, or perhaps I should use a capital T…. and call it… Transition, that to most people like me, makes that moment, let’s say, momentous.
The entire concept of changing or transitioning genders comes with a pretty large suitcase of emotions for those doing it and is so often shared with everyone in connection with them. For many, that suitcase may never empty out, and is carried with them year after year.
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‘Murder at the Paisley Parrot’ a BookBub Featured Deal July 8, 9, 10
SAVE THE DATES! My latest mystery, Murder at the Paisley Parrot, is scheduled as a BookBub Featured Deal for July 8, 9, 10. Included in the 3-day deal will be all 7 mysteries and thrillers at just .99 cents! I’ll also be scheduling my newest, Black Cat White Paws: A Maggie Dahl Mystery, for release on July 8, with the option to pre-order before that at the reduced price of $1.99 (regularly $4.99). Look for an announcement on that soon.Wait, there’s more! I’ll also be offering the first four chapters of Black Cat White Paws subscribers only, with a download from Book Funnel. Look for links to everything in the next email soon.
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Cool Karen Paints a Planter (Atlantic City)
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The Twist Podcast #67: Survival Pride, the Positive Life, and America Gets a Monarchy
Join co-hosts Mark McNease and Rick Rose as we twist the headlines, take a look at Pride in the age of Trump, living poz-itively, and the arrival of an American monarchy.Enjoy The Twist on Libsyn, iTunes, SoundCloud, Stitcher, and right here at The Twist Podcast page.
Copyright 2018 MadeMark Publishing
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The Twist Podcast #67: Survival Pride, the Positive Life, and America Gets a Monarchy
Join co-hosts Mark McNease and Rick Rose as we twist the headlines, take a look at Pride in the age of Trump, living poz-itively, and the arrival of an American monarchy.Enjoy The Twist on Libsyn, iTunes, SoundCloud, Stitcher, and right here at The Twist Podcast page.
Copyright 2018 MadeMark Publishing
