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toes out, or so the say-
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weather has been very bizarre
this year, 70—degree days and
very little snow. This month has
one holiday, the first day of
spring and two religious holy
days in it.

When I was a little girl,
I believed that everyone was cel-
ebrating my birthday, a day close
to the 17th. I do know better
now. But privately, I still get the
biggest kick out of seeing my
childhood nickname splattered
all over all things green and
Irish.

Spring follows close
after, and crocuses poke their
pretty colors up through brown
ground and sometimes a blanket
of snow. The sap starts to run
and the air becomes heavy with
the sweet smell of maple.

Mud season has arrived.
Roads are clearly marked if
they’re impassable, yet folks are
always pulling some disbeliever
out.

Talk has shifted from
the Patriots’ SuperBowl win, to
the glory of the International
Olympics held in Salt Lake City,
Utah to the boys of summer. The
age old joke of“when the Pats
win” makes for much chatter
regarding the “curse of the

Bambino” and the long and

patient wait for World Series
victory for the Boston Red Sox.
My partner is a Yankees fan and
she wants to see Fenway Park.
She has promised me a World
Series shirt when we get a World
Series. I silently promised
myselfl would not take her to a
Sox vs Yankees game, I don’t
think I could handle listening to
that. Everyone has limits, well, I
have some limits.

I just received an e-mail
containing the opinion from the
Georgia Court of Appeals.

I am saddened that the Georgia
case was lost, but grateful that
Ms. Burns had the courage to
bring it about. She deserves all
of our prayers because she can-
not see her children as long as
she resides with her partner.

I wonder how her ex-
husband sleeps nights knowing
he is robbing his kids ofa bal-
anced upbringing. After all, they

 
   

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are her kids, too. Does this mean
she must choose who she loves
more?

I am very glad I live in
the north, regardless of my
hatred of snow and all things
cold. My winter fingers heal
every year and this one will be
no different.

Passover is late in the
month, followed closely by
Easter. Someone take the bunny
and shove it please. This year,
let’s just pray.

We had the shoe
bomber caught and subdued by
two brave flight attendants and
some passengers, pilots whack-
ing loony passengers with axes,
skate gate, plots to harm water
supplies, the near financial col-
lapse of the Boston Archdiocese,

nant? Start asking the women
left holding the bag with kids
they cannot feed and clothe
while the men get‘ trophy wives
and new lives.

The newest threat is to
the Liberty Bell, located in
downtown Philadelphia,
Pennsylvania. Apparently, our
enemies think we are just a
bunch of symbols, and that we
are easily taken with rhetoric
from zealots. We know all about
zealots, we have our own. I
don’t need to list any of them
here, we all have our own per-
sonal favorites.

So, here I am on the
threshold of new beginnings. I
went to my first poetry reading
and performed in November of
1998 at the now closed but never
forgotten Third Wave Bookstore
in Northampton, Mass. The
whole ride home was like a _
dream sequence in a John Waters
movie. I have read many times
since and will continue to do so.
I have enjoyed audiences from a
queer slam in Burlington,
Vermont to the famous Club
Passim, formerly the historic A
Club 47 in Harvard Square.

I am going into a

Paths of work and
pleasure are opening
and I must go on

in my travels.

and war everywhere.

Airport terminals get
emptied, passengers wait, and
Osama is still nowhere to be
found.

As I sat here in my
office, surrounded by beautiful
things I watched a
Massachusetts judge sentence a
priest convicted of molesting
one out of over 100 minor boys.
He got 9-10 years of prison, six
of which must be served accord-
ing to law. Is that all there is?
Does that time to be served can-
cel out the pain and suffering
felt by all those kids, and the
trusting moms who welcomed
him into relationships of trust? I
have no answers, only more
doubt about the ability of people
to continue to trust the men in
collars.

Colin Powell tells the
truth to our young people about
being safe when sexy and the
Right reels. And will someone
tell me why men are always
doing the talking? When was the
last time any of them got preg-

recording studio to make CD’s
of my works. I hope you all con-
sider them for purchase when I
come to your area to be heard.
And like all good
things, this column and my pres-

, ence in this paper are at an end.

Paths of work and pleasure are
opening and I must go on in my
travels. A

I want to personally
thank the Board of Directors for
continuing to bring this wonder-
ful paper to the Vermont com-
munity.

I want to congratulate
Euan Bearas the new Editor in
Chief.

I want to extend my
heartfelt thanks to Jason
Whipple for ajob well done, and
all of the great things he has
shared with me, making me a
better writer and I think, a better
person too.

And most of all, dear
readers, thank you for your ear
each month.

Peace. V

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