Tuesday, February 11, 2020

“Valentines and Roses and Poly Endeavors” (South Bay Polys #286 - February 2020)

Here we are rushing up on Valentine’s Day—and I’m in a flurry of activity!  This first half of February is not only the lead up to Valentine’s Day—it contains the birthdays of two sweeties as well!

<xoxo!!>  (You know who you are!)  ;^)

In addition Pantheacon, a national convention for Pagans and Wiccans in San Jose, is coming up on Presidents’ Day weekend.  I will be co-hosting a talk on Pagan Fiction, discussing my “intersectional” novel Soul Flight.  Is it a Pagan novel with poly themes?  Or a poly novel with Pagan themes?  Or…..a lot more?  Well—we’ll see how it goes.  My co-presenter and I have ninety minutes to talk.  I’m wondering how many polys will be in the audience.

Yesterday, I was interviewed for fifteen minutes as part of the Annual Meeting of the Unitarian Universalists for Polyamory Awareness (UUPA)  I figure at least half of the board of UUPA has read Soul Flight, and they seem to like it—but of course they are polys.  Waiting to hear from my more mainstream relatives.  My Marine Corps cousin likes it—that’s something!

So…the attempt to bring polyamory into the mainstream consciousness continues.

For us, here, in Sunnyvale…  Well, I just want to continue our monthly experiment in creating Poly-Liberated Territory, a place where it is safe for us to be openly poly.

Do join us if you can, for snacks and conversation.  It’s always nice to meet more polyfolks!

Welcome!