We want your butch stories for an upcoming anthology. Anthology to be published by Flashpoint Publications, a publisher of LGBTQIA+ stories. What does being butch mean to you? We want to know ...
https://middleagebutch.wordpress.com/2022/08/28/swagger-a-celebration-of-the-butch-experience/
I dreamt I saw RBG in the grocery store pushing a cart down the canned food aisle in a black Adidas tracksuit Her crocheted collar a white flower blooming in her chest I told her I was sorry we h...
https://middleagebutch.wordpress.com/2020/09/19/for-the-notorious-rbg/
I started thinking that I didn’t have anything to say. Or at least that no one needed to hear what I had to say. I heard the whispers of old ghosts telling me that my story isn’t relevant. So...
https://middleagebutch.wordpress.com/2020/06/28/im-still-here/
The Petco clerk tells me she’s like a cockroach. “I’ve see everything, honey. This ain’t gonna kill me.” She wears a pair of one-size-too-big jeans cinched at the waist by a thick brown...
https://middleagebutch.wordpress.com/2020/03/19/words-of-wisdom/
Your favorite butch had a birthday on Monday. I know what you’re thinking. Didn’t you have one of those last year? And why is this blog always about you? Anyway, I’m getting over a cold, so...
https://middleagebutch.wordpress.com/2020/03/04/a-birthday-bread-pudding-and-sheila-e/
Last night, I attended a wine tasting and poetry reading hosted by my book group at a local independent bookstore. We sipped wine and ate chocolate and gabbed. I shared a poem called “Boomerang...
https://middleagebutch.wordpress.com/2020/02/08/living-the-life/
A few weeks ago, W and I spent the weekend in the Big Apple with friends. On Saturday afternoon, we enjoyed slices of New York pizza, visited a used bookstore and saw Network on Broadway starring...
https://middleagebutch.wordpress.com/2019/04/26/its-your-boi-r-bango/
I took my cat to the vet for a wellness check this week. Her name is Magic the Cat and she is nine years old and she is beautiful and she is my best friend. “Hello, tiny man,” the vet said �...
https://middleagebutch.wordpress.com/2019/04/22/gender-musings/
The Flannel Files has a new obsession (besides Bryce Harper, Captain Marvel and my new Instant Pot). It’s a podcast called Dyking Out hosted by New York City-based comedians Carolyn Bergier and...
https://middleagebutch.wordpress.com/2019/04/05/the-flannel-files-is-dyking-out/
I’ve been in a funk lately. Not the good kind of funk like Prince’s “Housequake” or Rick James’ “Superfreak.” But the other kind. Let me put it another way. My mood has been Orange ...
https://middleagebutch.wordpress.com/2019/03/29/praying-to-saint-bryce/