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• At a river's side, watching the moon

  by Samantha Erica August 26, 2014
  I have been dealing with a few health issues of late which has made me pause and retract some of my time spent enjoying being dressed, it has been full of ups and downs. I am hoping that going forward will have more ups again. It's been hard.   I was thinking long and hard about myself, think...
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• In and Out...In and Out...

  by Samantha Erica April 4, 2014
  You know when you're a kid and you run indoors to grab something, like a PB&J sandwich and then run outdoors to play, but then you forget your toys so you run back in and your parents holler out "come in or stay outside, but don't keep going back and forth!"   For some the idea of going in or...
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• What's in a name?

  by Samantha Erica January 18, 2014
  I think Shakespeare said (or some other wise soul)... so what's in a name?   When you are transgender it can be more important that the one that was attached with a white 3x5 sticker to your top as you wander through life. Names are meaningful when we attach them ourselves.   I was rec...

• Small footsteps

  by Samantha Erica January 12, 2014
  I think it was an ancient philosopher who said "the journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step."   Sometimes when you start talking about taking a long walk (off a short pier? Quite possibly.) you are tempted to throw your legs out to the max and covering as much distance in as sho...
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• When The Music has reached the "Badge"

  by Samantha Erica January 12, 2014
  Jim Morrison once sang "when the music's over"   Is the music ever over?   George Harrison made a famous comment on Cream's "Badge" - "what does that say? Badge?" Another immortal song.   Myself, I love all kinds of music. Jim Morrison, George Harrison, Eric Clapton, Jack Bruce,...
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• Elephants NEVER forget

  by Samantha Erica January 11, 2014
  You know there are some things you NEVER forget.   As a child, I got 'picked on' a lot. I was always the object of some ridicule.   When you get older, you work to find a way to not be the object of ridicule. But it isn't always that easy. Sometimes you have to put it behind you. &nbs...

• *blank*gender

  by Samantha Erica January 11, 2014
  I’ll come right out and say it, I am not anyone’s vision of the ideal anything. Giving a lot of thought to the idea that somehow or other, like dimensions there may be a lot more that you suspect or think. For me I see this as true. I am a blend of a lot of different things, as I see it...
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