Musical Adventures: In search of sound
(If you prefer, you can listen to the audio recording of this post. It's a 6 minute listen.) I'll be having my third organ lesson soon, and I realise that it won't be long before I need an instrument with at least twenty-seven foot pedals to practice on when…
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Friday’s event for Queer History Month
On Friday, I attended IHLIA's programme for the sixth edition of Queer History Month. The first part was taken up by a keynote speech (in Dutch), and a panel (in Dutch) which included the keynote speaker and the curator overseeing an exposition for World…
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It’s always lovely to find out someone wants to include my work in their project. 😊
Reading @bogiperson.bsky.social Song of Spores. Really good. I am already loving it and I just started. #reading #songofspores
Oh hey Fran has a patreon you can check out!
The ongoing journey
I'm still basking in the IFFR glow of watching our young filmmakers from Moving Love having that epiphany of: I am a filmmaker. They finished the course, they made these films, and so they are deserving of that title: filmmaker. I'm looking forward to the premiere when all of…
THE LAST DRAGONERS OF BOWBAZAR limited ed N. American hardcover is officially out of print, & no longer available. My BFA-winning book about a family of interreal refugees in 90s/00s Calcutta is still available as an ebook, & a paperback in S. Asia. Shares appreciated, reads even more so:
Boosting @laviecestmoi.bsky.social’s fundraiser once again. gogetfunding.com/medical-and-...
Thanks for the signal-boosts. ❤️
Re-posting this as I quite forgot to check if the link to Vida’s fundraiser worked. It works now. Extra highlight added. 😅 Thanks for boosting. rcloenenruiz.com/2026/02/07/s...
Thanks so much for the signal-boost.
Saturday morning signal-boost
I thought I'd share a recorded excerpt from Vida Cruz-Borja's story, "Have your #Hugot harvested at this Diwata-owned Cafe". This is a story that's available online at Strange Horizons and if you click on the title line, it will take you there. For some reason the…
KalaRanga at Alliance Francis Bangalore 8th Feb!!
We'll have a table at this event tomorrow. Queer-authored & queer-themed books and zines only 🏳️🌈 🏳️⚧️ 🏳️🌈 🏳️⚧️ 🏳️🌈
Democratizing the arts looks like universal income, low-barrier grants for both emerging and working artists, well-funded municipal arts & recreation programs, vibrant third spaces, and a well-funded public school system with progressive curriculum.
Not a free pass for corporate-owned slop engines.
It’s tonight! Heading off to support my peeps. iffr.com/en/iffr/2026...
We're still stuck at 1 percent of Hailey's goal.
Can we get it to 10 percent today? 🏳️⚧️💖
Can we help @popelizbet.bsky.social’s friend Sonia make rent? Getting out of a violent marriage often takes everything (money, guts, even supposedly solid social connections) a person has.
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What I am doing and where I will be
It's turning out to be quite a busy week on the blog. Sometimes, it's like that. In conversation with a group of new writers, we talked about this case of intermittent journalling. There are periods when you have lots to write about and periods when you don't…
I did some memoir writing on the blog and recorded a narration for those who prefer a narration. rcloenenruiz.com/2026/02/03/m...
furthermore, fuck Neil Gaiman
For those in the Rotterdam area, Five moving portraits made by participants of Moving Love will be shown during the International Film Festival Rotterdam. iffr.com/nl/iffr/2026...
So…I have just signed up for organ lessons. Not for the modern pop organ but for your church-sized organ. I was so excited, I blurted out that I am in my Bach era. This statement amused my organ teacher. #musicgiveslife
Er I meant: I know it’s not easy. 😓
I know it’s not always easy. I keep you in my prayers too. ❤️
Folks, @rsagarcia.bsky.social needs our help to continue to deal with the expenses related to cancer treatment -- if you're in a position to d0n8, pls consider doing so, as well as boosting the signal 👇👇👇
I feel no guilt about lounging in my pyjamas on a Sunday afternoon. 😊
What I have been up to
In November and December, we had the workshops for Moving Love which is a film project for LGBTQ+ asylumseekers in the Netherlands where participants who are interested in film-making are given the basic knowledge and training needed to help them on the journey towards…
