Random Thoughts

When I sat down to write this post, I could not come up with anything that I really wished to say.  It happens to me every once in a while and this is one of those times.  I suppose I could expound on the State of The Union address by the President last night, but there are already many sites where you can read the analysis of the speech so it would be superflous of me to add to what is already out there.  If you want you can read the Towleroad take on it as well as watch portions or the whole speech by clicking here.  

One of the things that piqued my interest in my web wanderings yesterday was this beautiful letter from a young medical student in the UK named Charles.  He wrote the letter to his parents as his way of coming out to them.  His parents response was loving and accepting which is the way it should be but not always is.  Coming out to one's parents is probably one of the hardest parts of our arduous journey to self acceptance.  I never got to come out to my parents, rather I was outed due to my Mother's snooping in my briefcase where she read a letter I wrote to a friend about my back of the bus adventure when I moved back to Texas from San Diego back in 1976.  It is a scene I will never forget that has had its effects on my entire life.  We never spoke of it again until I finally spoke the words "I am Gay" to her when I was in the hospital after my stroke in July of 2009.  We still have difficulties in our relationship and it still affects me to this day.  It is getting better although I do not think she will ever be "OK" with the fact, however that is her problem and not mine. 

 Now on to something more pleasant than the subject of my Mother and I.   For your musical listening pleasure today, I have a play list containing Piano Trio Number 1 in D Minor, Opus 34 (1862); Piano Trio Number 2 in A Major, Opus 112 (1878); and Piano Trio Number 3 in B Flat Major, Opus 121 (1881) by Josef Rheinberger performed by the Berlin Gobel Trio.  While you are listening you can check out the fine examples of Random Hotness from my archived collection of photos from the Eyecatcher blog on display below the play list for your perusal.  Thanks for spending a part of your Wednesday with me, come again tomorrow, please!  Until next time as always, Enjoy!