ARTS TELEFEST

Today, Concord, New Hampshire's Television Station celebrates New Hampshire's artists, writers, musicians, dancers, singers, etc. It will be an all day broadcast from 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. Some of the segments have been taped well ahead but the two portions I've been invited to do are LIVE!! It's pretty intimidating to do a live interview and even though I know my material very well, it's still not easy.

In this morning's segment, Kay will talk about our publishing company, KALM. When she's finished I will talk about our book, "Sisters by Heart - Partners in Aging". I've spoken many, many times about this book - it's main topic being a subtle look at the same-sex relationship between two women in their 70's who come from two totally different backgrounds. The story is about Kay and me - our lives together for over twenty years and what we did with them.

It's also a look between-the-lines at how wonderful and interesting our lives together have been. I doubt there are many gay relationship books that tell the story in quite the same way "Sisters" tells it.

The book came out in 2000, eight years before New Hampshire legalized Civil Unions. So I took the approach that I would try not to turn off heterosexual readers by being flamboyant but clear enough for same-sex couples to see what I was really saying. The essence of our relationship is revealed in the Reflections at the end of each chapter. The Reflections come close to the real essence of our relationship and any "savvy" reader will be able to see that quite readily.

The last line of the last reflection says, "it's no longer a secret that we live for each other".

A lot of what I've just blogged above is what I plan to say in my portion of the Arts Telefest interview. Wish me luck!!