Here I Go...

So, it’s been a while, friends! I knew this would happen!

I made it back to Atlanta, helped Hillary close out the house, headed to Minneapolis and SURPRISE! ended up in Massachusetts a couple of days later. Surprise visit for a couple of weeks.

Here are some highlights of the past few weeks:

P!

is a little PERSON!

Not a baby, not a toddler, but a running, jumping, talking PERSON!

who likes to feed Lucy apples.

JESUS RADICALS!

Hillary and Amaryah drove long distances and we arrived in Minneapolis!

Iowa was very flat

Hey Dar Williams- where them hills?

We spent some nights with friends of Chelsea from New Mexico who were so sweet to host a handful of strangers.

Amaryah and W were fast friends.

The conference itself was… long. It was so great to see old friends from Lynchburg and meet new friends from New Mexico! The first day of panels and workshops was disappointing, but the second day was much better. Chelsea has been a part of writing some very wonderful articles called Holy Queering on the Jesus Radicals website and she, Amaryah and another friend did a wonderful job at presenting queerness within radical Christianity at the conference. We heard Ched Myers speak as well and attended a fabulous workshop also lead by Chelsea and Amaryah.

OFF TO NEW ENGLAND!

Where I visited with some of my favorite ladies. Nancy on the left there got out of prison on the first of July, so it had been about six months since I’d seen my grandmother! Barbara, my step grandmother, I hadn’t seen in quite a few years. She has a brand new baby grandson in Germany who she is about to visit!

Nancy and I visited for a week in her home in upstate NY. She has my favorite house of all time and I have secret dreams of living out my days there, no matter how implausible that may be.

I came back to Boston on Monday to visit with my family and friends for a week and a half. Sister came to town to visit! I had not seen her in two years! (which is a lot longer for a 19-21 year old than it is for those old folks of mine…)

Sister and I took DaddyDearest to good ol’ Drumlin Farm (a good throw back to any of you raised in the Boston area. You probably went to at least 25 field trips here).

I have about a week left in my visit and then I’m off to Albuquerque! My sweetheart is already making herself comfortable there. I can’t wait to join her.