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Thursday, January 27, 2011 at 4:57PM I just learned today that my first real mentor, Jean Brody (author of Gideon's House, A Coven of Women, Cleo, and many other published works), passed away recently. For those who knew her, and for those who didn't but might be interested anyway, here's a blog post tribute I wrote for Jean in 2009, in recognition of National Bookstore Day.
Goodbye, Jean, and thanks.
Tuesday, January 18, 2011 at 7:27AM I wrote the first draft of the novel Jumpstart the World in 2003.
At the time I was writing it, I called Leslie, explained what I was working on, and asked for a specific permission.
I was writing a block of dialogue in which a fictional character made three references to real-life trans people and the prejudice they faced. One was Leslie, the other was Marsha P. Johnson, the third was Brandon Teena. I wanted the character to briefly quote something Leslie described in a published book. It's a thing that
Monday, January 17, 2011 at 7:42AM If you haven't read the recent critical post about me, the following will make no sense to you. If you have, please know that any continued post I write about it, such as this one, is written not to add a shred of pain to the issue, for anyone involved. But this one sentence has kept me awake for large sections of three nights now, and needs to come up and out.
"Catherine Ryan Hyde was nowhere to be seen."
Friday, January 14, 2011 at 4:39PM
Updated on Saturday, January 15, 2011 at 4:13PM by
Catherine
If you haven't read the recent critical post about me, the following will make no sense to you. If you have, please know that every story has two sides. Please read both sides and decide what feels right.
Nearly 20 years after Leslie left home, I initiated contact. For about two decades, we had what I felt was a loving relationship. Leslie and Minnie Bruce and I met in San Diego and enjoyed a trip to Tijuana, Mexico. We met here in my home town and drove up the coast to San Francisco together. I visited them in New York, and stayed in their apartment for several days.
Thursday, January 6, 2011 at 9:34AM
Updated on Thursday, January 6, 2011 at 12:34PM by
Catherine
I always have the same plan for getting off my butt and onto a high mountain trail. I make reservations at the Grand Canyon. Preferably Phantom Ranch, which is such a tough reservation to get. Then I know I have to get back in shape, and there's no way to really postpone it. Well...in this case I had to make my reservations a full year in advance. December '11. So I could postpone it. But, you know what? I never want to. I'm always so inspired by knowing I'm heading back to the Canyon that I fall in love with hiking all over again. This will be my fourth Canyon hike.
