ARTS & THEATER
Jan 20: meet The BAMsisters; just gotta meet 'em!
http://tinyurl.com/k9ayjkj
Mar 11: come now, what masques, what dances shall we have?; with 2 Shakespeare songs
http://tinyurl.com/mkb27ff
Mar 20: Agatha speaks out; she's hacked my blog and writes to you, dear reader
http://tinyurl.com/kyrtgm9
Apr 7: come play; a post about playing theater games, with one simple game spelled out
http://tinyurl.com/kmv47cs
Apr 23: one game and everything; wherein I teach you the Tribal Storytelling Game
http://tinyurl.com/mzdfkax
May 6: theater people, music people, my people; a weekend full of making theater!
http://tinyurl.com/pta73xo
May 10: come sit a spell; My kid's artistic! Now what? with thanks to Moss Hart
http://tinyurl.com/maajcn2
May 19: make believe
June 24: to the actor; Michael Chekhov and the wisdom of the body
July 7: tell it slant; a play with music about Emily Dickinson's earlier years
BEAR'S STORIES
Jan 16: footloose in the Village; Stonewall happens
http://tinyurl.com/lc9y2cj
Jan 28: O more O; the operation that gave me Oxygen and changed my life
http://tinyurl.com/n2b8z3y
*Jan 29: into the woods, Act I; getting drafted Vietnam,part1
http://tinyurl.com/kxnzbag
*Jan 31: into the woods, Acts II and III; dramatic/ridiculous climax in draft story
http://tinyurl.com/m5kl3o3
Feb 4: how I met my lover; Alva says this should be called How I met the love of my life
http://tinyurl.com/ly6lggh
Feb 5: off with my head; one non sequitur, followed by my 'how I got fired' story
http://tinyurl.com/m8ypcn7
Feb 5: Oh say do you C?; how the place I gave my heart to went and broke it
http://tinyurl.com/oo7bzyd
Feb 9: my seven stages of gay, the 1950's; actually there are 7 decades but only 5 "stages"
http://tinyurl.com/lqvs4h3
Feb 9: my seven stages of gay, the 1960's; slideshows in this and the previous post
http://tinyurl.com/medl37z
Feb 10: my seven stages of gay, the Seventies; not exactly "gay history" but still ...
http://tinyurl.com/lce3nyo
Feb 12: my seven stages of gay, the Eighties; decade of AIDS and ACT UP
http://tinyurl.com/m4qtxzv
Feb 15: my seven stages of gay, 1990-now; Bear settles down
http://tinyurl.com/plzf2hw
Feb 16: you will have a very small...; my Dutch dermatologist story, funny or lame
http://tinyurl.com/pgs2xed
*Feb 20: undesirable in Minneapolis; scary story about immigration, good one!
http://tinyurl.com/nq5gp7s
Feb 27: smarty pants pansy; two-day IQ test and disappointing outcome
http://tinyurl.com/luy67zf
Mar 6: ménage à trois: Janet and Alva and me--- with music!
http://tinyurl.com/o5dpztg
Mar 20: Miss Kelly; crushing on my 3rd grade teacher and my turn as Santa
http://tinyurl.com/lklxu4s
Mar 23: love is not all; living with a composer, with music!!
http://tinyurl.com/n4egrqe
Mar 25: how not to; how dare you call yourself a teacher? OR why I thought I was spazzy
http://tinyurl.com/kq8k3ql
*Mar 27: losing Jacob; my life-changing encounter with loss, good story, sad story
http://tinyurl.com/kys98us
Mar 28: finding Mary; what's up with this Jewish mother? what, a virgin?
http://tinyurl.com/l8amnog
Apr 8: blurt alert; Bear gets himself into trouble by blurting
http://tinyurl.com/m5awx4j
Apr 15: "Go," he said; listening to my dreams and going to Nepal
http://tinyurl.com/kc9c8ra
Apr 16: hubba hubba; wherein I share a saucy tale. R-rated. If you want more, ask me.
http://tinyurl.com/l3894nu
Apr 21: caught in the act; or how I learned to never cheat or steal, except on stage
http://tinyurl.com/mne95j6
Apr 30: good morning, Carlos; wherein I tell about my meeting defeat in the classroom
http://tinyurl.com/m752jwb
May 1: everything's more beautiful at the ballet; my reunion with Sherene and a new ballet, premiering June 6!
http://tinyurl.com/n8sm593
May 7: downfall in a nutshell and medical mentality; blowing off a bit more steam
http://tinyurl.com/q93j4kh
May 26: kissing Tom; thank you, Deborah
May 29: lost in the stars together; camping in the High Sierras
June 7: psychedelics; a first look at a provocative topic
June 10: magical thinking; awake and white again
June 11: oh give me a home where; cautionary lesson learned the hard way
June 25: the twain meet here; crushing on a Mouseketeer
July 3: Isaac; my beautiful Dutch sweetheart
July 22: Clara and her angel birds; life in a mental hospital
July 22: I am Atlas!; adventures with Anneke
CASTLE JAIL
Feb 5: off with my head; one non sequitur, followed by my 'how I got fired' story
http://tinyurl.com/m8ypcn7
Feb 5: Oh say do you C?; how the place I gave my heart to went and broke it
http://tinyurl.com/oo7bzyd
May 7: downfall in a nutshell and medical mentality; blowing off a bit more steam
http://tinyurl.com/q93j4kh
http://www.whereisbear.org
May 10: it's decadent at the top; OR how to flush away hundreds of thousands of dollars' worth of work for no reason in one easy lesson
http://tinyurl.com/kzgtko3
June 11: oh give me a home where; cautionary lesson learned the hard way
DREAMS, DEATH, and DRUGS
Jan 11: dream a little dream; intro to dreams and Gestalt Therapy http://tinyurl.com/ox82qw6
Mar 26: lucidity - night and day; a first look at lucid dreaming
http://tinyurl.com/mm5vsqm
June 7: psychedelics; a first look at a provocative topic
June 12: say goodnight, gracie; an upbeat reflection on death
June 25: the twain meet here; crushing on a Mouseketeer
July 14: brought to my knees; facing addiction and coming out on top
ETHICS, EDUCATION, RELIGION
Jan 19: loving our Big Mama; living as a vegetarian
http://tinyurl.com/k2hkkvk
Feb 24: the art of teaching; pretentious title for a musing about education
http://tinyurl.com/mmt6sov
Mar 2: you Bu-UU you; being Unitarian-Universalist and practicing Buddhism
http://tinyurl.com/lcv9mp4
Mar 25: how not to; how dare you call yourself a teacher? OR why I thought I was spazzy
http://tinyurl.com/kq8k3ql
*Apr 5: unity of means & ends - lovingkindness; a reflection, an encouragement
http://tinyurl.com/lqe7exa
Apr 21: caught in the act; or how I learned to never cheat or steal, except on stage
http://tinyurl.com/mne95j6
Apr 30: good morning, Carlos; wherein I tell about my meeting defeat in the classroom
http://tinyurl.com/m752jwb
*May 8: pigeonholing for dummies; parents and teachers and everyone, listen up!
http://tinyurl.com/lnsnrcs
May 10: it's decadent at the top; OR how to flush away hundreds of thousands of dollars' worth of work for no reason in one easy lesson
http://tinyurl.com/kzgtko3
May 22: learning teaching; thank you, Holland
May 27: Verse Us; one of my one acts for kids
June 11: oh give me a home where; cautionary lesson learned the hard way
June 22: blind privilege; to those to whom much is given ...
June 30: "the court, I fear, has ventured into a mine field"; get your religion out of my bed
July 11: branded; as long as the last time you made out with a gay guy was pre-1977, you're just fine as donor
July 11: hooked on fear; wherein I finally renounce religion once and for all
*July 20: practicing optimism; in the eye of the beholder
August 4: helping your helpers; a consideration of conduct in our "service economy"
August 8: savoring blessings; an upbeat post
August 18: those young folks nowadays backslash here we are;
oh those Millennials
August 23: you may say I'm a dreamer
*September 8: Lysistrata is calling
September 12: music in the air
September 21: the sound of a pause
FREEDOM & BEING GAY
Jan 16: footloose in the Village; Stonewall happens
http://tinyurl.com/lc9y2cj
Jan 29: into the woods, Act I; getting drafted Vietnam,part1
http://tinyurl.com/kxnzbag
Jan 31: into the woods, Acts II and III; dramatic/ridiculous climax in draft story
http://tinyurl.com/m5kl3o3
Feb 4: how I met my lover; Alva says this should be called How I met the love of my life
http://tinyurl.com/ly6lggh
Feb 15: my seven stages of gay, 1990-now; Bear settles down
http://tinyurl.com/plzf2hw
Feb 12: my seven stages of gay, the Eighties; decade of AIDS and ACT UP
http://tinyurl.com/m4qtxzv
Feb 10: my seven stages of gay, the Seventies; not exactly "gay history" but still ...
http://tinyurl.com/lce3nyo
Feb 9: my seven stages of gay, the 1960's; slideshows in this and the previous post
http://tinyurl.com/medl37z
Feb 9: my seven stages of gay, the 1950's; actually there are 7 decades but only 5 "stages"
http://tinyurl.com/lqvs4h3
Apr 5: unity of means & ends - lovingkindness; a reflection, an encouragement
http://tinyurl.com/lqe7exa
Apr 6: touch; vital for all of us, and delicious, too!
http://tinyurl.com/mz3zh77
Apr 10: I'll see your standards and double them; yellow = on blue background, let's talk
http://tinyurl.com/k3ucglm
Apr 16: hubba hubba; wherein I share a saucy tale. R-rated. If you want more, ask me.
http://tinyurl.com/l3894nu
May 19: make believe
May 26: kissing Tom; thank you, Deborah
June 7: psychedelics; a first look at a provocative topic
June 13: getting lucky on friday the 13th; a celebration of your capacity for pleasure
June 25: the twain meet here; crushing on a Mouseketeer
June 29: pride all over the place; I'm talking gay pride
June 30: "the court, I fear, has ventured into a mine field"; get your religion out of my bed
July 11: branded; as long as the last time you made out with a gay guy was pre-1977, you're just fine as donor
August 26: man sex, woman sex, gay sex, straight sex
*September 11: the big now --- read me now
HOLLAND
Feb 7: geef mij maar Amsterdam; just give me Amsterdam, for I love that city
http://tinyurl.com/pyzc6nd
Feb 16: you will have a very small...; my Dutch dermatologist story, funny or lame
http://tinyurl.com/pgs2xed
May 22: learning teaching; thank you, Holland
ITALY
Mar 28: finding Mary; what's up with this Jewish mother? what, a virgin?
http://tinyurl.com/l8amnog
LANGUAGE
Jan 12: a rose by any other name; names, mine and sibs esp.
http://tinyurl.com/lfzz2uq
Jan 27: Hoover sucks; unthinking language use re-enforcing sex as a negative
http://tinyurl.com/qeeo6rj
Feb 19: Congraturaisins; my love of words--- your love of words
http://tinyurl.com/k2374xu
June 23: radical listening; what sucks? who blows?
July 9: yummy words; an alphabetical word salad, complete with definitions
July 16: Be a pussy! Be a dick!; my umpteenth sex word redemption rant
August 18: those young folks nowadays backslash here we are;
oh those Millennials
MUSIC & POETRY
Mar 6: ménage à trois: Janet and Alva and me--- with music!
http://tinyurl.com/o5dpztg
Mar 11: come now, what masques, what dances shall we have?; with 2 Shakespeare songs
http://tinyurl.com/mkb27ff
Mar 23: love is not all; living with a composer, with music!!
http://tinyurl.com/n4egrqe
Apr 9: what lips my lips have kissed; a Millay sonnet leads to a lovely song.... with music!
http://tinyurl.com/ou5qjpr
Apr 13: in need of music; part 1 of a reflection on music's importance, with music incl!
http://tinyurl.com/mcrxvsa
Apr 14: need of music, part 2: We need to make more music! see video of Alva singing
http://tinyurl.com/mz7dlrm
Apr 20: remembering imagining; Janet Lewis showed me so much about living, with music
http://tinyurl.com/kv94v5u
Apr 24: all this jazz; shoulda called it "all this acapella" -- includes 2 lovely songs
http://tinyurl.com/nla2nns
September 12: music in the air
PEACE & POTPOURRI
Jan 10: a very good place to start; thanks to ej
http://tinyurl.com/l5w7jxe
Feb 22: Euroland; some white dude thinks he's rapping
http://tinyurl.com/l8aem6h
Feb 25: you are your own oracle; my mini-guide to the I Ching...... interesting!
http://tinyurl.com/lrrxo8n
Mar 31: young blood; a short and sweet Happy Transplant Anniversary
http://tinyurl.com/mo6qg7t
May 19: wanna chuckle?; a collection of old puns
August 14: ides of august, bear-faced; a little video greeting
September 21: the sound of a pause
RANTS
Mar 16: Sunday rant; going off about those House Republicans because this matters!
http://tinyurl.com/k28jpa8
Apr 4: USA Inc.; money + politics = lousy policy-making
http://tinyurl.com/l3vrhcd
June 17: no means no; rape is about power and violence, not about sex
June 30: "the court, I fear, has ventured into a mine field"; get your religion out of my bed
July 11: hooked on fear; wherein I finally renounce religion once and for all
July 16: Be a pussy! Be a dick!; my umpteenth sex word redemption rant
August 3: male genital mutilation; wherein we ask, what's up with all this circumcision?
September 24: swimming upstream again
SEX & GENDER
Jan 13: SEX is not a four letter word
http://tinyurl.com/k3y6nve
Jan 27: Hoover sucks; unthinking language use re-enforcing sex as a negative
http://tinyurl.com/qeeo6rj
Mar 14: man up; musings on masculinity & femininity, with a cool graphic
http://tinyurl.com/m7a4b6w
Apr 16: hubba hubba; wherein I share a saucy tale. R-rated. If you want more, ask me.
http://tinyurl.com/l3894nu
June 13: getting lucky on friday the 13th; a celebration of your capacity for pleasure
June 17: no means no; rape is about power and violence, not about sex
July 16: Be a pussy! Be a dick!; my umpteenth sex word redemption rant
August 3: male genital mutilation; wherein we ask, what's up with all this circumcision?
August 26: man sex, woman sex, gay sex, straight sex
TRIBUTES, TRAVEL & THEATER
Jan 20: meet The BAMsisters; just gotta meet 'em!
http://tinyurl.com/k9ayjkj
Mar 11: come now, what masques, what dances shall we have?; with 2 Shakespeare songs
http://tinyurl.com/mkb27ff
Mar 20: Miss Kelly; crushing on my 3rd grade teacher and my turn as Santa
http://tinyurl.com/lklxu4s
Mar 20: Agatha speaks out; she's hacked my blog and writes to you, dear reader
http://tinyurl.com/kyrtgm9
*Mar 27: losing Jacob; my life-changing encounter with loss, good story, sad story
http://tinyurl.com/kys98us
Apr 7: come play; a post about playing theater games, with one simple game spelled out
http://tinyurl.com/kmv47cs
Apr 15: "Go," he said; listening to my dreams and going to Nepal
http://tinyurl.com/kc9c8ra
Apr 20: remembering imagining; Janet Lewis showed me so much about living, with music
http://tinyurl.com/kv94v5u
Apr 23: one game and everything; wherein I teach you the Tribal Storytelling Game
http://tinyurl.com/mzdfkax
May 1: everything's more beautiful at the ballet; my reunion with Sherene and a new ballet, premiering June 6!
http://tinyurl.com/n8sm593
May 6: theater people, music people, my people; a weekend full of making theater!
http://tinyurl.com/pta73xo
May 19: make believe
May 26: kissing Tom; thank you, Deborah
May 29: lost in the stars together; camping in the High Sierras
May 30: pamela
June 24: to the actor; Michael Chekhov and the wisdom of the body
June 28: and the rustle of bamboo ... John Houseman
July 3: Isaac; my beautiful Dutch sweetheart
July 7: tell it slant; a play with music about Emily Dickinson's earlier years
July 22: Clara and her angel birds; life in a mental hospital
July 22: I am Atlas!; adventures with Anneke
September 22: The Roosevelts
WAR & PEACE
Jan 23: down by the riverside; giving peace a chance
http://tinyurl.com/km6pt6m
*Jan 29: into the woods, Act I; getting drafted Vietnam,part1
http://tinyurl.com/kxnzbag
*Jan 31: into the woods, Acts II and III; dramatic/ridiculous climax in draft story
http://tinyurl.com/m5kl3o3
May 11: what a piece of work is man; reflecting on peace and I want you to read this, please
http://tinyurl.com/ksbka9w
May 17: where have all the flowers gone?
August 23: you may say I'm a dreamer
September 8: Lysistrata is calling
September 22: The Roosevelts
September 24: swimming upstream again