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et sweet victory the first prize pencil case was mine there was only one thing that i didn t like about vbs they always gave us a daily snack of cookies and kool aid but in an attempt to keep their costs down they never put any sugar in the kool aid or perhaps sugar was considered sinful i don t know anyway i hated drinking that flavourless coloured water but nowadays after jonestown i look back and feel much better about it posted by debra she who seeks at 06 39 2 comments labels down memory lane spirituality wednesday 24 june 2009 our scar tissue straight americans need an education of the heart and soul they must understand to begin with how it can feel to spend years denying your own deepest truths to sit silently through classes meals and church services while people you love toss off remarks that brutalize your soul bruce bawer posted by debra she who seeks at 06 51 1 comment labels lesbigay tuesday 23 june 2009 a crucial difference heterosexuality is not normal it s just common dorothy parker posted by debra she who seeks at 06 45 4 comments labels lesbigay monday 22 june 2009 golden boy part 2 it was cocaine that led to his downfall somewhere along the line he had acquired a drug addiction to go along with his taste for alcohol then he was arrested for drug trafficking which he probably did to help pay for his own habit i assume he went to prison for it since trafficking pretty much always carries jail time in any event he was not able to quit his addiction it was the classic downward spiral after that he lost everything his profession his home his family his dignity he literally ended up on winnipeg s notorious skid row there were reported sightings of him picking up cigarette butts off the street he died of cancer two years ago today the winnipeg free press did a major story on his life and tragic descent his mother summed up his life as follows trouble was his middle name how sad is it when that is what your own mother says i think what actually sums up his situation is that sign he once had in his office illegitimi non carborundum but it wasn t the bastards out in the world who ground him down it was his own internal demon bastards that destroyed him i do feel somewhat conflicted about his sorry life there are those who think that his downfall was self created and well deserved however i can t help but feel bad for the man although i know there are plenty who don t posted by debra she who seeks at 06 43 1 comment labels down memory lane my winnipeg sunday 21 june 2009 golden boy part 1 when i was just starting out in my chosen profession i worked for a man who kept a sign in his office that read illegitimi non carborundum it was pretend latin for don t let the bastards grind you down fighting against the bastards of this world was what he specialized in i wanted to fight bastards too so i was delighted to be working for him he had arrived in manitoba as a veritable golden boy highly regarded in progressive circles full of political and professional promise the tarnish set in over the years as he disappointed some people used others became known as a bit of a bastard himself it also became apparent that he was an alcoholic albeit a highly functioning one eventually he was a bastard to me too and our professional paths parted for the next decade or so he carried on as before fighting his battles acquiring and discarding girlfriends having a couple of kids enjoying the status symbols of his success then i started to hear disquieting rumours even in alberta where i now lived he was unreliable in dealing with his partners and clients mean to his staff erratic in his personal behaviour he couldn t seem to hold things together posted by debra she who seeks at 07 30 1 comment labels down memory lane my winnipeg saturday 20 june 2009 summer solstice today is the summer solstice in the northern hemisphere we celebrate the longest day of the year and the shortest night i hope everyone is outside today doing something fun in glorious sunshine solstice blessings to you posted by debra she who seeks at 07 10 4 comments labels summer solstice friday 19 june 2009 nom nom nom in the peg alycia s restaurant part 2 the best perogies in the entire world that s all you need to know handmade by authentic north end winnipeg ukrainian babas boiled and then panfried to a delicious golden brown served with fried onions and sour cream a one way ticket to heaven the above photo is of actual alycia s perogies alycia s waitresses were pretty authentic too once i was there with a friend and i didn t finish all the kolbassa on my plate the waitress said aren t you going to eat that when i said i was full she took my plate scraped the kolbassa onto my friend s plate and said you look like you could eat it for her you don t waste food in a ukrainian home it s a sin a few years ago alycia s restaurant changed hands and passed to a new generation of owners and of course the babas are all gone now it breaks my heart to say it but alycia s perogies are not what they once were but i ll always have my memories and my 20 pounds of extra flab posted by debra she who seeks at 07 23 5 comments labels my winnipeg thursday 18 june 2009 nom nom nom in the peg alycia s restaurant part 1 another fabulous north end institution is alycia s restaurant it is a monument to all things ukrainian in its various small rooms you ll find tables covered with beautiful ukrainian embroidered tablecloths protected by plastic of course every square inch of wall space is plastered with ukrainian decorations paintings embroidery pysanka poppies wheat weaving etc in the foyer is a big gumball machine every black gumball is a winner bearing a hand lettered sign ukrainian vlt on a little table near the entrance there s a small shrine to the great canadian comic john candy he ate at alycia s every time he was in winnipeg apparently he also had their perogies shipped around the world to wherever he was on location when walking past his photo to my table i always tried not to think of his untimely demise from obesity because the food omg the food posted by debra she who seeks at 06 55 2 comments labels my winnipeg wednesday 17 june 2009 nom nom nom in the peg kelekis restaurant the fabled north end of winnipeg is home to a couple of my favourite restaurants one of which is the kelekis restaurant on main street i ve had many a cheese dog there accompanied by their famous shoestring fries mmmmmm cheese dog and fries the kelekis family represents a classic immigrant success story they started off with a simple hotdog and chips wagon and eventually built it into an established restaurant where everybody who is anybody came to eat the restaurant itself is nothing fancy it was probably last renovated in the 70s and looks its age there s counter service in the front and table service in the back those two areas are separated by a huge map of the world with pins in it showing where all their customers have come from one wall is taken up with a large mural illustrating the kelekis family saga another wall is covered with framed autographed photos of all the winnipeg canadian and american celebrities who have eaten in the restaurant over the years back in the day any performer who came through winnipeg on a concert tour went to eat at kelekis restaurant afterwards because in those days it was the only restaurant that stayed open into the wee hours things are different now of course posted by debra she who seeks at 06 31 no comments labels my winnipeg tuesday 16 june 2009 now he has all the hobbits he wants i wanted to be an actor because i thought i could meet queers sir ian mckellen posted by debra she who seeks at 06 41 1 comment labels lesbigay monday 15 june 2009 girls only club for a long time i thought i wanted to be a nun then i realized that what i wanted to be was a lesbian mabel maney posted by debra she who seeks at 06 32 2 comments labels lesbigay sunday 14 june 2009 nom nom nom in the peg captain kennedy tea house in the summers it is a beautiful drive to go down river road a few miles north of winnipeg the road meanders beside the red river past the big acreage homes of the wealthy past one of the oldest anglican churches in manitoba st andrew s on the red until finally it comes to captain kennedy tea house this is a restored heritage home that functions as part museum part tea house it has beautiful rock gardens which you can enjoy while waiting for your name to come up on the waiting list for tea the food is homemade and yummy served by young women in period dress this photo does not do any justice at all to the tea house and rock gardens but it s the only one i could find on the internet i ve spent so many pleasant afternoons there with family and friends over the years very special memories of time past and people now often departed posted by debra she who seeks at 07 34 no comments labels my winnipeg saturday 13 june 2009 nom nom nom in the peg the chocolate shop the chocolate shop has been a fixture on portage avenue since the first world war it was always a fun place to meet friends for lunch because you could get your tea leaves or tarot cards read there tarot readings were too expensive for me in my student days but an occasional tea leaf reading was within my means the chocolate shop had nice desserts and the decor featured this lovely stained glass transom posted by debra she who seeks at 07 05 no comments labels my winnipeg friday 12 june 2009 nom nom nom in the peg the paddlewheel restaurant at the corner of portage avenue and memorial boulevard in winnipeg sits one of the last remaining hudson s bay company flagship stores in canada it is a huge stone building occupying one square city block and on its sixth floor is found the grande dame of winnipeg eateries the paddlewheel restaurant its decor is meant to evoke the early history of winnipeg s mercantile past a simulated paddlewheel steamship takes up an entire wall of the restaurant sculpted clouds of paddlewheel steam adorn the ceiling other walls are made to look like river scenes and warehouses artificial greenery completes the illusion that you are dining outside on the paddlewheel dock in the restaurant s heyday the big paddlewheel turned slowly and majestically in its pond of real water but the paddlewheel restaurant s heyday is long gone now the bay serves up its mediocre cafeteria food to only a few customers these days the big paddlewheel has stopped turning and now rests motionless the last time i was at the downtown bay a couple of years ago the store seemed empty and forlorn the hudson s bay company is owned by americans now and its stores have all moved to shopping mall locations i fear for the continued existence of winnipeg s flagship recently the paddlewheel restaurant was featured in a movie it played the role of a weird and creepy nightspot in guy maddin s surreal 2007 film my winnipeg in this revisionist docufantasy the paddlewheel nightclub purveyed booze gambling salacious golden boy man pageants and orange jello to the citizens of winnipeg a strange if fitting homage to this iconic location posted by debra she who seeks at 06 27 1 comment labels my winnipeg thursday 11 june 2009 the real gay agenda my lesbianism is an act of christian charity all those women out there praying for a man and i m giving them my share rita mae brown posted by debra she who seeks at 06 29 no comments labels lesbigay wednesday 10 june 2009 violence good sex bad why is it that as a culture we are more comfortable seeing two men holding guns than holding hands ernest gaines posted by debra she who seeks at 06 41 1 comment labels lesbigay tuesday 9 june 2009 values on the goddess path part 2 i love the charge of the goddess written many years ago by doreen valiente and adapted by starhawk for modern use my favourite lines are these let my worship be in the heart that rejoices for behold all acts of love and pleasure are my rituals this is the second greatest value which i find in goddess spirituality it is sex positive in a completely non judgmental way the only constraint on sacred sexuality is that it must always occur between people who legally consent any sexual act that occurs without legal consent can never be said to involve love or pleasure mainstream patriarchal religions condemn and control people s sexuality in order to advance their own power agendas over the centuries and still today many crimes have been committed against people and their sexual expression in the name of god organized religions have twisted and warped our views about all forms of sexuality there is no greater freedom than turning your back on these lies and understanding in your heart the sacred nature of all sexuality it is healing to know understand and practice this truth all acts of love and pleasure are her rituals posted by debra she who seeks at 06 34 1 comment labels all things goddess monday 8 june 2009 values on the goddess path part 1 i am old enough that my basic socialization occurred in pre feminist times it took me years of struggle to unlearn the awful lies that were taught to me as a child and adolescent lies of male superiority female inferiority our proper roles what we girls should and should not do expect and not expect lies that society enforced by abuse and even violence if disobeyed lies that were created and sanctioned by god himself the greatest and most fundamental lie the lie which made all the others possible was that only male imagery could possibly represent the divine it was the ultimate form of exclusion the world s central truth bears no resemblance to you but instead shares all the characteristics of the dominant group it was forced colonialism of our souls really so for me the single greatest value of the goddess path is its central use of female imagery to characterize the divine mystery of existence goddess spirituality affirms the inherent sacredness of women s lives bodies and experience it does so in a way that is direct unmediated and unapologetic women are entitled to relate to the divine feminine with no sense of otherness the imagery of goddess spirituality is a cool and soothing balm for my soul i never tire of it posted by debra she who seeks at 06 39 2 comments labels all things goddess sunday 7 june 2009 for the bible tells me so the bible contains 6 admonishments to homosexuals and 362 to heterosexuals this doesn t mean that god doesn t love heterosexuals it s just that they need more supervision lynn lavner posted by debra she who seeks at 07 01 2 comments labels lesbigay saturday 6 june 2009 gay words of wisdom whatever the public blames you for cultivate it it is yourself jean cocteau portrait of cocteau by andy warhol posted by debra she who seeks at 07 15 no comments labels lesbigay friday 5 june 2009 pride proclamations for the past two or three decades glbt activists all over north america have put an inordinate amount of time and energy into trying to 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