Archive for the ‘Journal’ Category

The Ghost of Identities Past

Posted: 28th January 2012 by Lee Harrington in Journal

Jacob Marley is a ghost… That does not mean that Jacob Marley was not once a man. Recently I was told a picture of me could not be me because I am a 32 year old man, and the person in the picture was a woman in her mid twenties. I lovingly pointed out to [...]

Heart of Harmony House

Posted: 1st January 2012 by Lee Harrington in Journal

This morning I find myself at one of three buildings at Harmony House, a beautiful poly compound an hour north of New York City. I was invited up here by one of the members for New Years eve, and I am feeling so incredibly grateful for the experience. Not for New Years, during which I [...]

Who I Am, What I Do

Posted: 15th December 2011 by Lee Harrington in Journal

It was a night during my move. He and I were curled up in bed, and gloves went on. A finger slid in, hungry and needful. A second. He went to slide in a third, and I melted into tears.  He went back without a word to two fingers and slowly slid and out, moving [...]

Down The Rabbit Hole

Posted: 15th November 2011 by Lee Harrington in Journal

So I look for the Old Gods, the beasts, and the faeries, I speak of their names and their sigils I mime their stories, perpetually grand invocations are secrets preserved in the midst of rhyme And what did we learn down the yellow brick road? And what did Alice really find down that hole? Well… [...]

In the United States, I have a close friend named Jim Forest. When I first met him eight years ago, he was working with the Catholic Peace Fellowship. Last winter, Jim came to visit. I usually wash the dishes after we’ve finished the evening meal, before sitting down an d drinking tea with everyone also. [...]

Letting Go Of Judgment

Posted: 13th October 2011 by Lee Harrington in Journal
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I was writing today… such a simple thing hit me full force in my body, aching and quaking in my skin. What I wrote: If we go into judgemental behavior, think “huh, that was judgmental” rather than “I am such an ass for being judgmental.”  The first is an action, the second is an identity.  [...]

Masters and Slaves Together NYC Notes

Posted: 4th October 2011 by Lee Harrington in Journal
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On Sunday, October 2nd, I attended Masters and Slaves Together, NYC Metro: http://www.mastmetrony.org/ They are a chapter of Masters and slaves Together International (I really do dislike the lower case of Slaves, I always capitalize all positions in my writing, or none.) At the end of the meeting, they mentioned that the Secretary was not [...]

Occupy Wallstreet Demands?

Posted: 4th October 2011 by Lee Harrington in Journal
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Currently, there are thousands of people amassed downtown in New York, as part of the Occupy Wallstreet movement/protest.  All over the country, supporting marches/protests/movements have erupted- from Boston to Los Angeles, San Francisco to Indiana, Maine to Florida.  It has moved international with events happening in London, Prague, Cork, and even in Slovenia. Hundreds of [...]

Specific Thanks…

Posted: 26th September 2011 by Lee Harrington in Journal
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In the past week and a half, I have been profoundly thankful. Tears have been shed, realities have been turned upside down, and its led to more than a few ahas. Some of them, I pray, will stick. I have sent out a LOT of thank you notes. I am still working on them, but [...]

Transitional Fetishes

Posted: 20th September 2011 by Lee Harrington in Journal
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I am delighted that fall has come in New York.  Like my friend Boymeatwho dances each time it turns to late spring and early summer, I am delighted because one of my historical fetishes becomes common, rather than rare.  The fetish?  Sweaters. Boymeat’s fetish is for feet, something everyone who knows him seems to know.  [...]