Inclusive Soul Gifts

"Actually, it's 'they/them."

Shoulda, Woulda, Coulda

"Hey! If you're here to marvel at the smallness of your existence within a glorious, vast and unknowable universe, there's a line!"

"Oh good, more time alone for quiet reflection."

"Talking to your own reflection? Even your imagination is pathetic."

That midnight hour when fleeting memories come home to roost.

'Of course homosexuality is not a sin, handsome.'

Rainbow Quartet

"Ok, so you beat me at scrabble!"

"Is this who I am?"

The older I get, the more introspective I get, or is that retrospective?'

"I feel like there's a chick in me trying to escape."

'Funny, I thought a near-death experience would be different, somehow.'

"Wonder if there's something wrong with you? Reality is for us all it's true..."

Late-Onset Epiphany

Inclusive family code in Cuba

Sooner or later, 'These trying times' become 'The good ol' days'.'

"Date of birth?" "1989." "In 1989 I couldn't make ice... still can't." "Good lord, she could be my daughter! I'm so #!@* old." "That's the year my wife left me. Now I have a cold and I'm depressed!"

Happy Valentine's Day

"Solitude is so much better if you have someone to share it with."

"Tell me, what is it you plan to do with your one wild and precious day when you're ripe and not yet mealy?"

PastFuture.

Spring Cleaning

"...And when the Lord finished, she rested."

The big life questions that really get us thinking.

"Why are we here?"

"To tell you the truth, I never thought downward mobility would be so, well, downward."

"Eve, do you realize that neither you nor I ever had a childhood?"

'He heard about inclusion and followed me here. Can he stay?'

"Their lawyer found out that I enjoy reading poetry, and that I also like to watch professional wrestling. They're calling it a conflict of interests."

"The thing with tiny kitchens is it's all about stacking, patience and resenting all your previous life choices."

"I'll tell you my gender if you tell me yours."

Time Passes...For Meaning.

'I really don't need to go to church, Reverend -- I feel guilty enough without it.'

"Heavens, what have I done?!"