I thought I’d post this week about a very interesting book I found on holistic eye care titled Enlivening Consciousness.learn more on my author blog: Holistic Eye Care — Enlivening Consciousness— More reasons to #govegan #amreading | Janet Mason, author
This morning, I participated in a Unitarian Universalist service on security, both inner and outer security. In my reflection, I lead a short Buddhist exercise on feeling more secure in side, how my Buddhist skills helped me handle the harassment of my novel THEY, a biblical tale of secret genders (Adelaide Books; New York & Lisbon; 2018), and how compassion is always the healthy choice.read more on my author blog: ”Yay Us!” — Compassion as inner security — a #UU take #amreading #Faithfullyl...
As a result of the ongoing harassment of my novel THEY, a biblical tale of secret genders , I have decided to bring you excerpts of THEY on a regular basis. Thinking about the psyche of the harasser, brought to mind my late mother’s saying: “ Twinkle Twinkle Little Star What You Say Is What You Are.”read more on my author blog: The Serpent — a reading from THEY and some thoughts on hate — “twinkle, twinkle little star, what you say is what you are” #amreading #faithfullylgbt | Janet Mason, autho...
dairy cow’s (and her farmer’s) path to freedom , (published in 2024 by Adelaide Books – New York and Lisbon). This piece takes place at the local ThanksLiving gathering (a vegan celebration of Thanksgiving) where the narrator Jody hears Dr. Will Tuttle speak. Although the novel is fiction, I did hear Dr. Will Tuttle speak at our local ThanksLiving celebration and I credit this (along with knowing some dairy cows) among the top reasons I went vegan now more than five years ago. This decision was ...
This week I decided to share an excerpt from my novel THEY, a biblical tale of secret genders (Adelaide Books – New York & Lisbon). Although the novel was published in 2018, it has recently come to my attention because it has been seriously harassed online by white supremacists who have harassed me with a barrage of homophobia, antisemitism, and the threat of book burnings. As a practicing Buddhist, I do believe in having compassion for everyone and I do, including for the harassers. Because...
Since the presidential election this past November, I’ve been increasingly harassed online for my novel THEY, a biblical tale of secret genders (Adelaide Books NY/Lisbon; 2018). For the most part, I’ve ignored it. But this time the harassment was so bad, threatening me with book burnings, going to hell and with antisemitism. I know we’re living in a time of increased hatred, including anti-LGBTQ sentiment and antisemitism, but this was kind of jaw-dropping. I think this harassment missed its mar...
This morning, I participated in a Valentine’s Day service at Unitarian Universalists of Mt. Airy, and offered the following reflection on inclusion, including insights on the diversity leading up to the election still being here—in spite of everything; thoughts on a possible spike in people becoming healthy vegans in light of an already over burdened “health”care system threatening to become worse; and the power of community. read the text on my author blog: Some UU thoughts on inclusion and a p...
This week, I decided to post this excerpt from my novel Cinnamon: a dairy cow’s path (and her farmer’s) to freedom (published by Adelaide Books in New York and Lisbon) which I first wrote five years ago. This section is based on my partner’s description of The Cow Sanctuary. I later visited the sanctuary several times. The Cow Sanctuary, where cows and other animals can live out their natural lives, is a truly magical place. This section is written from the point of view of the female dairy farm...
You can read this reflection or view it on my YouTube video (also on my blog) at: A writer’s origins—a #UU reflection honoring Sonia Sanchez #Poetry #amreading | Janet Mason, author
You can read this excerpt from my novel CINNAMON, a dairy cow's (and her farmer's) path to freedom on my blog or view the YouTube video (also on my blog) at: CINNAMON Chosen as one of top LGBTQ Christian Books of the year—#amreading #faithfullylgbt | Janet Mason, author
You can read this reflection on my blogpost or view the YouTube video (also on my blog) at: Becoming Stronger Through Presence — a #UU reflection #Buddhism #amreading | Janet Mason, author
Read an excerpt from my novel Cinnamon, a dairy cow's (and her farmer's) path to freedom on my blog (or view the YouTube video (also on my blog) at: ”a rippling tradition” — CINNAMON and religion #FaithfullyLGBT #plantbased #amreading | Janet Mason, author
You can read the review on my blog or see the review on a YouTube video (on the same page): Trigger, Poems by Maria Fama — revisiting the past and present #amreading #poetry | Janet Mason, author
This weekend, I participated in a Unitarian Universalist service on pluralism and the origins of Memorial Day and mentioned my most recent novel Cinnamon: a dairy cow’s (and her farmer’s) path to freedom which was just published by Adelaide Books (New York/ Lisbon). The You Tube video of the talk is below and the text is below that. read more on my blog: Being many things at once and a new novel: #intersectional #LGBTQ #Animalrights #amreading | Janet Mason, author (wordpress.com)...
This is an excerpt from my novel Cinnamon: a dairy cow’s (and her farmer’s) path to freedom published in the Spring of 2024 by Adelaide Books (Lisbon and New York). The recording of the reading is below on YouTube and the text is pasted below that. read more on my blog: ”Moo River” — #amreading from a new #novel CINNAMON: a dairy cow’s (and her farmer’s) path to freedom | Janet Mason, author (wordpress.com)...
Today I’m posting an excerpt from my novel, CINNAMON. The recording from YouTube is below and the text is below that. The novel is pro-cow and pro-farmer. Enjoy! read more on my blog: Telling It Like It Is — reading from CINNAMON a dairy cow’s (and her farmer’s) path to freedom #amreading #govegan #LGBTQauthors | Janet Mason, author (wordpress.com)...
I’m posting the first chapter from my novel CINNAMON, a dairy cow’s (and her farmer’s) path to freedom. The novel is pro-cow, pro-farmer and this first chapter is told by Cinnamon, the cow. Below the You Tube video is the text. Enjoy! more on my blog: ”Wow! Look at her go!”—reading from Cinnamon; #amreading #vegan #sanctuary | Janet Mason, author (wordpress.com)...
This is excerpted from my essay titled The American Sappho: In Pursuit of a Lesbian Emily Dickinson originally published in the Harrington Lesbian Fiction Quarterly HLFQ in 2002. more on my blog: A Lesbian reading of Emily Dickinson—#LGBT #LesbianLit #amreading | Janet Mason, author (wordpress.com)
Second Chances and Loving Artemis: #LGBT #addictions #amreading April 20, 2024 by Janet Mason When I heard that the I Heart Sapph Fiction website was featuring books that spoke to the topic of addiction and that my novel Loving Artemis, an endearing tale of revolution, love, and marriage (Thorned Heart Press; 2022) was being published, I decided to post an excerpt. This is from the ending of the novel which tells the story of Art, short for Artemis, who was a drug dealer in high school, got caug...
A Cash Cow I wandered back to my place next to Spice’s side and before she could ask me how it went, I said to her matter-of-factly, “Tell me what you know about money.” She blinked her big eyes in surprise. The fringe of her thick lashes seemed to lengthen. “Money?” she asked. “What makes you ask about that?” “I heard Sunflower talking about it one day,” I replied. “I had never heard the word before, but it seemed important.” I didn’t tell Spice that Sunflower had mentioned money in terms of ha...
THREE FIGS Direct from the store on a hot July morning you bound brilliant and sunny through the front door in your hands three green plump figs wrapped in leaves the first of the season brought into the grocery from a neighbor’s tree It’s still too soon for our backyard tree to bear its large purple figs we will pick in September you in the yellow Italian soccer shirt, I in the matching blue, delighted with the figs and each other we laugh as though we still were the teenagers we were when we f...
As I was saying recently to a friend, after five years of being a healthy vegan, it makes sense to me that what we eat affects our health, that the animals deserve not to be eaten and not to suffer in any way, and that we all need to be concerned about the planet. Despite my decades of conditioning (some would say brainwashing), going to a healthy plant-based diet opened my eyes and changed my life. I initially went to a healthy vegan diet because of a health condition (the results have been rem...
When I heard that the I Heart Sapph Fiction website was featuring books that spoke to the topic of time travel and that my novel THEY, a biblical tale of secret genders (Adelaide Books – New York and Lisbon; 2018) was being featured, I decided to do this excerpt from Book Two where the main character Tamar is reincarnated and reborn along with her twin Yeshua. more on my website Traveling through time with THEY—#IheartSapphFiction #LGBTQ #amreading | Janet Mason, author (wordpress.com)...
Te text of my essay about Berenice Abbott appears on my author blog: The Lens of Eternity in Sinister Wisdom: #lgbt #BereniceAbbott #amreading #writingcommunity | Janet Mason, author (wordpress.com)
The text of this review of The Pagoda is on my author blog at The Pagoda in review — revisiting the old days #LGBT #amreading | Janet Mason, author (wordpress.com)
This podcast is written about on my author blog at Second Chances and Loving Artemis: #LGBT #addictions #amreading | Janet Mason, author (wordpress.com)
This piece, inspired by the Gospel of Mary Magdalene is written about on my author blog at: History Revealed: Gospel according to Mary — #amreading #FaithfullyLGBT #TheGnosticGospels | Janet Mason, author (wordpress.com)
This poem -- and related information -- is on my author blog at Bringing Together the Past and Present—#Poetry #LGBTPoetry #amreading | Janet Mason, author (wordpress.com)
My essay about the late Toni P. Brown can be found on my author blog at ’Dreadlocks”: remembering an important #lesbian poet #ToniBrown | Janet Mason, author (wordpress.com)
The Dickinson House can be found on my author blog at: Revisiting Lesbians in History: #Lesfic #EmilyDickinson #LGBT #amreading | Janet Mason, author (wordpress.com)
