Currently thinking about how femme invisibility is an unfortunate reality, even for those of us who don’t claim (or have any interest in claiming) a femme identity.
2 months ago
March 30, 2012 by gleea
March 17, 2012 by gleea
March 16, 2012 by gleea
Out future pantry…when we own that house on the Sonoma coast..
(Source: blacktriangles, via queerasinfuckyou)
2 months ago
March 10, 2012 by gleea
This just slays me. Via: http://www.onabicyclebuiltfortwo.com/2012/03/wedding-leigh-and-kelsey.html
2 months ago
January 28, 2012 by Tara
An Eight-Word Love Story
I left this note written on a post-it for Gabrielle this earlier this week on her desk. She was downstairs doing her reading for class, making rice for our take-out-Chinese-food dinner, and I was upstairs finishing up grading a stack of essays.
I suddenly felt this sentiment so strongly.
Without any mention of my note’s existence, this morning I found her reply on mine.
This is love.
4 months ago
January 25, 2012 by gleea
This is what I came home to a few weeks ago. She has an explanation, but I think she may be missing the point…
4 months ago
January 20, 2012 by Tara
December 6, 2011 by gleea
Tara is such a catch. She spent the evening sewing table runners, tree skirts, and making the house look like the interfaith fairy visited…
5 months ago
I studied until I just couldn’t on Sunday, then we walked down to a little gardening center that sold Christmas trees with our old lady shopping cart to buy a tree. :)
5 months ago
December 1, 2011 by Tara
Four Years of “I Love You”s
Four years ago today (gosh, was it only then?!), I called Gabrielle up on the phone frantically with an urgent matter: I had realized that I was in love with her.
6 months ago
November 6, 2011 by Tara
Library Runs
My library runs include a stack of 4-6 audiobooks every month to listen to while in the car during my commute, a mix of canonical literature I never ended up reading, contemporary best sellers that I’ve been meaning to read, ridiculously written chick-lit that’s always entertaining to read, and young adult novels that are good for me read and recommend (or teach) to my students.
Gabrielle’s typical library runs are less frequent and more browsed, but include an equally diverse representation of her interests.
The L Life: Extraordinary Lesbians Making a Difference and Sacred Places of a Lifetime (for Gabrielle), ReSew: Turn Thrift-Store Finds Into Fabulous Designs and S.E.W.: Sew Everything Workshop (Gabrielle’s picks for me), Judaism for Two: A Spiritual Guide for Strengthening and Celebrating Your Loving Relationship (Gabrielle’s pick for us), and How to Grow Food and The Vegetable Gardener’s Container Bible (for us and our home).
October 23, 2011 by gleea
October 16, 2011 by Tara
Pumpkin Patching in Half Moon Bay
After going on four years of living the Bay Area, Gabrielle and I have discovered our share of our favorite regular sweet spots for both everyday and special occasion places. We have our regular donut shop, our regular favorite bar, our regular spot to sit in Dolores Park, our regular Farmer’s Market and Farmer’s Market booths, our regular Christmas tree pick-up corner, and even our favorite regular pumpkin patch.
Soon after moving here, we discovered that Half Moon Bay, famous for being a cute little coastal town off of beautiful bendy Highway 1 and for their annual Pumpkin Festival each October, was our favorite sweet spot for pumpkin patching. We’ve been going to Bob’s Vegetable Stand and Pumpkin Farm for the past couple of years and frolicking in his pumpkin fields every October until we find the right pumpkins (one big one for me to carve, one medium-sized one for Gabrielle to have, and one small one for Macky) to take home with us. Going to Bob’s each year has become a tradition, and there we can enjoy the beautiful field, the mountains, and even the beach right on the other side of the road.
Our pumpkin selection process at Bob’s is always the same. It’s a rigorous one and can be a bit unconventional…
We seek out qualified pumpkin candidates from all ends of the patch, searching near and far for the right ones to bring home…
Overcoming challenging obstacles… Heavy wheelbarrow loads…
…Eventually we find the perfect one for us and to take home.
This one right here’s a keeper.
Here’s to us celebrating our five year anniversary together this month. I know there’ll be many more years of new traditions (and pumpkin patches!) in our future…
