Tag Archives: Rozz

Despite distance

Posted on Tue, 6 October 2009 by Mel Green

Chris & Rozz & Jesse & Mel (with Jesse’s dog Sweetheart) on a Kenai Peninsula hike in 2006 — & now, all over the place. But still good friends. Continue reading →

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Tributaries (poem)

Posted on Sun, 14 June 2009 by Mel Green

I was offline most of — well, now I’ll say yesterday, Saturday, it now being early in the AM of Sunday the 14th.  Saturday was the kick-off of this year’s PrideFest in Anchorage — the annual women’s show called Celebration … Continue reading →

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Saying "I Love You" (poem)

Posted on Sun, 31 May 2009 by Mel Green

Saying “I Love You” Saturday I show him the video of the trip you and I took after we first met.  It was almost four years ago. The tape starts with a pond along the highway to Valdez.  There are … Continue reading →

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Blinks

Posted on Sat, 23 May 2009 by Mel Green

On Facebook, my friend David has been thinking about blinks.  He posted a brief little meditation about it a few days ago, & this morning a wonderful short poem called “Blinking” that I wish I could post here but I … Continue reading →

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Divorce, financially interdependent partner style

Posted on Fri, 15 May 2009 by Mel Green

Today is the final day of the University of Alaska system’s annual Open Enrollment period, when we have the opportunity to make changes to the various options in our benefits package. And so it came to formalize what Rozz, now … Continue reading →

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Same-sex marriage: A personal history

Posted on Sat, 9 May 2009 by Mel Green

Good news from Maine Wednesday: its legislature passed, & its governor signed, a law making it legal for same-sex couples to marry.  This makes Maine the 5th state in the U.S., after Massachusetts, Connecticut, Vermont, & Iowa, to grant the … Continue reading →

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Dissolve

Posted on Sat, 18 November 2006 by Mel Green

It was as I’d hoped yesterday: the grey was dissolving. Though it took a night’s sleep to really turn the trick. Not quite enough sleep — I’m still pretty tired — but at least I feel more than dead inside … Continue reading →

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Base camp

Posted on Tue, 17 October 2006 by Mel Green

Today’s Start Walking blog: Monday, 16 Oct 2006: Base camp As noted at the tail end of Start Walking I, I went into some doldrums in the last few weeks of the programs, what with my partner departing for three … Continue reading →

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Start Walking I: Last weeks

Posted on Sat, 30 September 2006 by Mel Green

Today’s Start Walking blog: Friday, 29 Sep 2006 I’m sorry to say that I pretty much fell down on the job in these last weeks, beginning with the last week in August, which was my partner’s last week in Anchorage … Continue reading →

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Pt. Woronzof

Posted on Sun, 20 August 2006 by Mel Green

Today’s Start Walking blog: Sunday, 20 August 2006: Pt. Woronzof No illusions today about sunshine: the sky all day was firmly grey & overcast. But mostly it didn’t rain until evening. We started the day with breakfast, & I got … Continue reading →

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