If the post is specifically about me, my life, and what I am currently experiencing, I tag it "TheLifeofSimon". So these are those posts.
This evening, I was at an event about finding joy in writing poetry hosted by the Vancouver Public Library. The poet leading the event was Ellie Sawatzky and I enjoyed the parts of the presentation I heard, but I'll be honest that I spent most of the time
NatalFamily
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
Canada
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
hope
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
MyKids
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
PTSD
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
TheLifeofSimon
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
Kismet
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
TheLifeofSimon
Before we can begin the Saga of the Boner, there are a couple of useful terms for the uninitiated. 1. To Pack (verb): Stuffing something into your pants/underwear/jockstrap/special-packing-apparatus in order to appear like you have a larger dick. 2. Packer (noun): The "something" you uses