Two Poems by Emerald Cavoto
Emerald is the founder of The Awake and Alive Project, which tells the stories of people living with and affected by HIV/AIDS . The hope is to raise awareness and funds to find a cure for the virus....
View ArticleHow has HIV/AIDS impacted my life? by Edward
Edward has been a part of my life since 1997, when I was in grade 6 and met him in the course of a school science project. He had been diagnosed with HIV four years previous. When interviewed (by me),...
View ArticleMy Story by Wayne Bristow
Wayne lives in Geulph, Ontario. In his own words: “I am a gay father, grandfather and my goal is to become a great grandfather. I have HIV, HIV doesn’t have me.” He writes for PositiveLite.com,...
View ArticleWhere Has Your Red Ribbon Gone?
This also appears in its entirety on my TheBody.com blog, Flaming Red. When I sent this to Olivia earlier this week (although not early enough in my opinion!), I hadn’t planned to use it as part of...
View ArticleProving It Gets Better by Jeffrey Newman
Jeffrey Newman runs the group “HIV and AIDS – Get the Facts – Curb the Ignorance – Proving It Gets Better” on Facebook. It is easily one of the best groups I am privileged to be part of. When I posted...
View ArticleDiagnosis: A Poem by John
I met John around 2005 on MySpace, and our friendship is one of only two I brought with me in the exodus from MySpace to Facebook. John was diagnosed with HIV in 1996 (?) and with full-blown AIDS 8...
View ArticleMy Journey to World AIDS Day 2012 by Jeffrey Newman
Today is World AIDS Day. And whether, you are HIV-positive or not, if you’re reading this, you know someone who is, and who is living with it. Like many “awareness” days, today millions of people come...
View ArticleOnce, We Were Heroes by Mark S. King
In addition to writing My Fabulous Disease, Mark is an award winning columnist, author, and AIDS advocate. I’ve read this piece several times, and when he re-posted it on Facebook, today, I just had to...
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The Photograph (Bob Bowers)
When I expanded the guidelines for Kenn’s Project in late November, one of the photos I had in mind for submission was this one, below, of my friend Bob Bowers, aka One Tough Pirate. But I didn’t ask....
View ArticleAIDS Is Still Here, But So Am I! by Kenn Chaplin
I read Kenn’s blog, My Journey With AIDS… and More! pretty religiously, if you don’t you should definitely check it out. This crazy, lovely, important project bears his name as the originator in 2010,...
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For all that has been, thanks
In the waning days of 2012, I can’t help reflecting on the year that was–what can i say, it’s infectious! Inspired by the Helen Keller quote that the best things in life aren’t things, here are some...
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For all that has been, thanks
Every year my boss counts down the top 10 events from previous year that stuck out for him. It is always funny. In 2010, the list included not giving in to Peters’ demands for coffee, and last year it...
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…for all that will be, “Yes!”
I saw this on Facebook: Now that we’re done talking about the end of the world, maybe we can focus on making this the beginning of a better world? Yes! One of my New Year’s resolutions–besides finally...
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Just My Typo: Random Online Awesome
Got a Girl Crush Come for Stevie Nicks singing an early version of Wild Heart in her dressing room, illustrated American History, the story of Vivian Maler, stay for the other snippets of amazing...
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New Girl Truth
No more excuses, I’m going to go home and write that novel. – Nick from New Girl
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From Vancouver (2005)
I got this crazy idea a few weeks ago to send Margaret a poem book. I even formatted it for iBooks (y’all know how huge that is, right?) and I e-mailed it to her. This is a poem I wrote Lauren (my best...
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March First Aid Kit
3 Things to Remember …because we all need a reminder sometimes. Photos from Tumblr. Required Reading I am seriously loving The Dreamer section in Darling Magazine. Your Soundtrack Failing that, a new...
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Midnight’s Children
I admit it: above all things, I fear absurdity. – Midnight’s Children by Salman Rushdie
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French/English
I gave my French/English dictionary to Robin (she of Zoink’d) months ago, having found it dog-eared, looking worse for wear, shoved to the back of the bottom shelf of my first bookshelf, the shelf...
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Gratitude: 4 March–10 March
Mezza! Won the war against a difficult mail merge Margaret reaffirmed her support for my writing which really made me smile Picked up Edward’s birthday gift A publication was ready to go for approval...
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