Posts by Jackie Clark
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Steve, it may not matter to you. But it matters to other people. And marriage is only heteronormative because it was only straight couples that were allowed to do it. If you don't believe in it, you don't, and that's fine, but enough people believe in it, and want to see it happen, that it is indeed time. And I think it IS a big issue. I want to wear a big damned hat to Craig and David's wedding. So there.
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Muse: OPEN HOUSE: Margaret Mahy, The…, in reply to Rob Stowell,
Many many condolences to you Rob, and to Margaret's family.
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Tears, tears, tears. God, how I have missed your blogs.
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Busytown: “Glory! Glory! There’s the salt!”, in reply to richard,
I melt.
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Ruby's motto is - You'll Never Tweet Alone
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I told this story on twitter so it bears telling again, I guess. I didn't know Margaret Mahy personally. I didn't know she wrote YA fiction. I only knew her childrens' books - had read them time after time to the kids I teach. So, about 9 years ago, the AKA asked if any of their teachers would volunteer at the Childrens' Book Fair which is held in Auckland every year, and I said I would. I turn up, and am assigned the task of being Mahy's minder for the day. I was a bit surprised but also thrilled. I was given a schedule and told in no uncertain terms to keep her to it. I thought it looked relatively easy, but I was very very wrong. It was in the Aotea Centre, and I was to escort her from readings to book signings. So far, so easy. I remember she wanted to go and see the high school kids doing a sort of quiz thing, so we did that. There was a couple of book signings, where she made it very clear that she wasn't leaving until every book had been signed. By this time it was lunchtime, so I asked if I couldn't get her something to eat. No, no. She was staying put till the job was done. On we go to the next book signing area, where there was a queue a mile long just for her. I started to get anxious because we were running over time, she hadn't had anything to eat, and there were things she had to do after lunch. I kept an eye on the time, and when I thought it was enough, said to the next father in line. "I'm sorry, that will have to be it." He wasn't having it, no-one else was having it, and Margaret _certainly_ wasn't having it. "This is the only place I have to be at this time" she said to me. I felt like the fun police, I can tell you. Eventually, I got her something to eat, and then she spend the afternoon doing readings and what have you. I have never forgotten that day. She must have thought, that day, that I was an awful stick in the mud. Why I just didn't relax and enjoy her company I will never know. A wasted opportunity in many ways, but in others so valuable.
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Welcome back, lovie. I had big chats to your honey last night. He missed you muchly xx
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Wow. Great photos, Jackson!
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It's all a bit strange when you think of the number of people who are disabled, and every one is lumped in this hodgepodge, although everyone has different needs and it's been proved, time and time again, that when barriers are removed, and people are allowed to be productive, it works well for everyone involved.
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I can't open that Brodie, but that's Dan Savage's stuff, which is less sex blogging and more blogging with quite a bit of sex from time to time. I do love his writing, but he is.....savage.
