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My studio has taken over almost all our relatively-large basement area - including one small back room with a few shelving units that houses two large bins of my faux furs, the sewing machines I don't regularly use, my pattern filing cabinet...

Last night I loaded up my dinner plate - a raw broccoli and cauliflower salad with tempeh bacon, parboiled-then-roasted potatoes, and Tofurkey beer brats. And my favorite drink which is this cheap lime seltzer and a bit of 100% grapefruit...

Twice this last week, local businesses refused to honor gift cards they’d been happy to sell our family a while back. In both cases, the businesses didn’t apologize or offer credit or any kind of olive branch – they said...

Don't do it for clout or fame - and don't sacrifice your ethics to make a dollar.

I don't know how to say it any clearer than that. There are loads of people willing to cut corners, underpay employees, steal from other artists, all that stuff. If you're willing to do those things I don't know how you're still following my writings.

But if you're NOT willing to do those things, I am here to give you encouragement!

As a nonbinary person I am a minority even within the trans community, which is itself already a minority. Sometimes I feel like I occupy a sliver of a sliver, which - if you relate to this in a foundational way - you know how odd that feels. It is so strange to be a normal person, a person just like every other person really, except you walk around and people tell you all the time you don't Belong. Sometimes they tell you this in really shitty ways or they giggle behind your back, but a lot of times it's this odd, polite smugness; an airy dismissal that feels impenetrable.

It takes a lot, a LOT of effort to put together a new site!

As cute as this site is - and as hard as I've worked on my products and service packages, my branding, and my messaging -

THIS SITE WOULD NOT BE POSSIBLE WITHOUT MY PARTNER.