Walking to work I saw paper after paper, national and local, touting the good news that gay marriage is now officially legal in California. The historic coupling of Phyllis Lyon and Del Martin was San Francisco’s first to be married after being together for over 50 years… honestly it brought tears to my eyes. Not […]

Judging from the interest that my grandmother showed in the G-spot, I believed that, after the initial disapproval had passed, she would be receptive to a vibrator. So I made up my mind to buy one for her.
Then it came time to pick one.
It’s always a difficult to buy sex toys for another person, but […]

My grandfather is driving and my grandmother is in the passenger seat. I sit in the back, reading. We’re taking the hour-long drive to visit relatives. As my grandfather pulls over and leaves the car to ask for directions, my grandmother swivels toward the backseat and asks, “What’s that you’re reading?”
I look up from my […]

Let me tell you about my family. As a child, I spent a great deal of time with my father’s side, so I have an emotionally close, affectionate relationship with most of that side. I make it a point to visit them when possible, to call on holidays if I can’t be with them. They […]