For literally 20 years, I have been describing myself as an optimistic-realist. It's a concept a lot of people struggle with so I've discovered a million ways to define who I am with only those words as a guide-post. Yet, as I've discovered myself
Today, I sat down to write this post and needed a link that I had posted on Threads, only to read that the Mormon church is arguing in the supreme court that trans people's existence infringes on their rights to religious freedom. (Of course it's a
Tonight, I'd like to introduce you to my daughter, the Bee Whisperer. From the moment I first met B last fall, I admired her. I loved her spirit and her innate confidence as she moves through the world, absolutely sure that what she is offering the world is
One of the silliest things I learned in my life was that you can tell if spaghetti is cooked by throwing it at a wall and seeing if it sticks. To be clear, this is not how I test spaghetti to see if it's done today, as a
Ask a trans man is a work of love. I believe that many people don't ask questions because they are afraid of being judged, so I'm giving people a place to ask their questions anonymously. I'd rather have you asking me than AI. I
When I was a child, one of my favorite books was The Secret Garden. In chapter 12, Mary askes Mr. Craven "Might I have a bit of Earth?" All she wants is to dig in the earth and make things grow. When I was a child, we had
I am very good at being vulnerable. At least that's what most people think. They see this blog, or one of the other many blogs I have had over the years, where I share deep, powerful, intimate moments from my life and they say "ah, yes, look
This was written 12 March 2026 but I had issues with getting it posted. I have since learned that I have better options than I thought I did that day, but I'm sharing it as I wrote it. Enjoy. ~PSX Today, I'm at my professional development
When I was 17, I moved to Germany. I went as a foreign exchange student and spent my entire senior year of high school in a small Landkreis (similar to a county in the USA) called Heidenheim. The first week I was in Germany, I woke up every single day
Have you ever woken up from a dream and looked at the world around you and been like "thank god I'm not there in real life?" I feel like that right now, except none of it was a dream. It all was real life. A stark
When I was a kid, I watched Star Trek a lot. It wasn't as much as my best friend, whose dad was obsessed with it and recorded every episode on the VHS. It also was definitely more than any of my other classmates. My favorite series was Star
The definition of kismet is "fate" or "destiny". I don't know why, but in my brain, but fate and destiny don't do justice to kismet. It's the magic of everything working just right. The energy is like that of the