I have a workshop/one-day conference to attend in Burlington today. The size of attendance at the workshop is expected to be small due to everyone having budget cuts due to the idiocy of the new president’s administration. Many nonprofits are losing their funding, and if they haven’t lost it already, they expect to. That aside, I’m looking forward to today. After my hospital stay earlier this week, I’m sure this will be a tiring day (Burlington is about an hour away), but hopefully, an enjoyable one as well.
I began my life in the South and for five years lived as a closeted teacher, but am now making a new life for myself as an oral historian in New England. I think my life will work out the way it was always meant to be. That doesn't mean there won't be ups and downs; that's all part of life. It means I just have to be patient. I feel like October 7, 2015 is my new birthday. It's a beginning filled with great hope. It's a second chance to live my life…not anyone else's.
My profile picture is "David and Me," 2001 painting by artist Steve Walker. It happens to be one of my favorite modern gay art pieces.
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Joe
The Closet Professor 
April 4th, 2025 at 10:07 am
Sounds like a chance to alter your routine and be around a different crowd…enjoy!