As of April 30th, Posterous has shut down, so I’ve backed up and imported all the content that I had on my personal blog there, which was formerly at gcvsa.posterous.com. All the content there was more or less creatively inclined, as opposed to the more controversial things I normally posted here on WordPress, and I […]
I wish some mornings that I could forget the feeling of a true embrace. Those few moments between dream and wakefulness, when my body resonates with the profound loss of an unexpected love, are difficult to bear, alone as I have been for so long. …
Sadly, only a fragment of this text is known to survive, although it is suspected that copies are still extant in private libraries. This partial glossary section is all that I have been able to uncover, as yet. Bythwyn (m), Bythwen (f): A Fae spe…
perhaps you believe that i do not see what you see do not know that my body is formed of shapes that rarely appear spontaneously in nature and i, walking, passing draw my lightly reddened lips to a thin crease staring at my telephone as if i did not notice the reflection there which was mirrored in your slightly horrified eyes (did […]
There are many different options for the modern day traveller to cook meals on any journey, and all have their vocal advocates, for each of us has different priorities to balance on any given excursion. One thing I have noticed, however, is that a…
8 September 2012 No tool is ideal for all tasks, but there are occasions when carrying an entire garage or shop full of tools is either impossible, or impractical, so we necessarily need to compromise when we are subject to the weight constraints …
So, I really dig lacto-fermenting food, but sometimes it makes me feel better if I have a starter culture to get things bubbling quickly. You can use whey drained from yogurt or whatnot, but then it’s not vegan, and really, even though I’m not veg…
26 June 2012 The main setting for “Song of the Black Swan” is the city of Silvermist, the capital city of its country, Selen. Silvermist stands on an outcropping of dense rock at the top of a high palisade, in the middle of the River Argen, which,…
If you don’t know the art of these people, you should:Arthur Rackham Jody Lee Thomas Canty Mario Wibisono Tony DiTerlizzi Ted Naifeh Evaline Ness J.R.R. Tolkien (believe it or not, he was also a wonderful illustrator!) That’s just off the top of m…
Zero (Nothingness) One (Singularity, Oneness, Agreement) Two (Duality, Binary, Opposition) Three (Trinity, Daughter/Sister/Mother, Maiden/Warrior/Crone) Five (The Pentacle, The Elements, the beginning of schooling…elay, sweela, torz, hunti, coru…a…
“Four Seasons” by Alphonse Mucha, 1895 (I’m not going to edit this post that originally went up on my Tumblr. I think you can figure it out.) My calendar is a solar seasonal calendar of 365 or 366 days. The first day of the year is Midwinter’s Day…
I like to find pictures of people on the Internet who look like the characters I see in my head. For the character of Avaïa Carasel, that person is Susan Coffey. This was the first picture I ever saw of Susan. Someone posted it to Tumblr, I think,…
(“Hadas” by Jaime Ibarra. This picture was the inspiration for the following article.) The oxygen transport of Faerie (Fata spp.) blood is accomplished via hemocyanin, rather than hemoglobin as in humans (Homo spp.). As a result, their oxygenated …
(photo: “Leaves”, Susan Coffey, shot by Emily Tebbetts) The air in the forest was thick, heavy with moisture, the earthy smell of leaf mould slowly, inexorably turning to soil. Avaran pushed aside a low hanging pine bough, hoping a better view lay…
25 June 2012 For many years, I have thought about writing a book of some sort. Today, I received news that a friend of mine, Imogen Binnie, is going to have her novel published by a company run by another friend of mine, Topside Press, run by Tom …
30 March 2012 (originally posted to my Tumblr) I logged on to my computer this morning, and of a whim, I decided to check the tag for “#adrienne rich” here on Tumblr, because I am curious how the wider feminist community is handling the news of her death, since her legacy is so very problematic […]
“The only reason why we worry about whether or not being homosexual or transsexual, or being in any other way in conflict with the normative strictures of sex and gender, constitutes a so-called “lifestyle choice” is because kyriarchal cultural standards dictate the semantic framework of our communications. Choice is a fundamental human right, and even […]
13 February 2012 My friend from Tumblr, Amy Dentata, posted something kind of wonderful to her blog today. Here is my version… What Kind of Femme Are You? I am “say that to me again, and I’ll make you regret it” femme. I am “always walked this way, and always sat this way” femme. I […]
10 February 2012 This is what I’m making for dinner tonight. I have a tendency to use my blogs as recipe storage, so I was surprised to find when I went looking for my recipe for this that I had only posted it to my Facebook Notes, so here it is… This is a classic […]
In my travels this evening, I happened to come across a statistic that is actually quite startling, and I would like to bring it to your attention, because I think it is connected to a very important topic. Some of you are probably aware that I am a transsexual woman. For those of you who […]
5 February 2012 As an INTP, I frequently find it frustrating that many things in this world seem to have been designed by committee in the worst sense of the word, rather than by someone pofessionally trained in Design, Engineering, or Architecture. The latest annoyance which has captured my attention is my kitchen, in particular, […]
Quick Cook Three Tomato Pasta Sauce by Gemma Seymour-Amper 19 November 2011 Serves 6-8 120 ml (1/2 c.) extra virgin olive oil 500 g chopped yellow onion 8 large cloves garlic, minced 240 ml (1 c.) unsalted beef stock (substitute vegetable stock for vegan) 2 envelopes (1/4 oz. each) Knox unflavored gelatin (if stock is […]
No-Knead Extra Virgin Olive Oil and Honey White Bread by Gemma Seymour-Amper (after Jim Lahey of Sullivan Street Bakery, New York, NY) Makes 1 loaf 9 December 2011 This bread is close to perfection. The honey imparts a touch of sweetness, and the EVOO gives it a pastry-like crumb, flaky and tender, because the […]
Stagione Estiva (The Summer Season) a raw pasta or salad dressing by Gemma Seymour-Amper 9 December 2011 Serves 4 -ish* 80 ml (1/3 c.) extra virgin olive oil 4 anchovy filets 1/2 large shallot (~ 20 grams), peeled and sliced paper-thin 2 cloves garlic, peeled smashed and minced finely 24 red grape or small cherry […]
