Last Friday, my body rejected the advice of my mind that was telling me not to get out and ride for fear that I would reinjure my knee or blow out the other one. I find that the mind can often trick the body into not doing or doing what it should or should not do. […]

After five months out of surgery and intensive weekly therapy I was discharged.  I had not expected my physical therapist to say, “You’ve graduated. You’re good to go today. There is not much more that I can do for you.”  I have mixed feelings because she had recently petitioned my health insurance company for additional sessions. I assumed that […]

I am so glad that Newsweek is writing about gender. Kudos to a mainstream publication like Newsweek to cover the timely  issue of gender identity and transgender issues. I would have expected an article like this in Utne Reader or Mother Jones magazine. Why do I bother to blog about this important issue?  I have […]