Journal 2002
1 January 2002 Tuesday
I am a 50 years old elementary school teacher living at 1633 Fernleaf Street Salt Lake City. I share my home with Michael Romero four dogs and a cat. My dogs are Schnauzers except for Priscilla who is a daushund mix. The others are old Oscar, Saffy, and Smokey. My cat is named Billy who I have had since 1987. I teach 4th grade at Orchard Elementary in North Salt Lake where I have been since 1989 when I transferred from Sunset Elementary both in Davis School District.
I have lived with Mike since 1994 when I moved him down from Rock Springs Wyoming when were lovers. Mike has fallen out of love with me and we have settled in as mainly companion roommates in this house we bought in 1996.
I used to be quite an activist and community builder in our Salt Lake Gay community but after feeling betrayed when the Utah Stonewall Center closed in 1997 I mainly have withdrawn into my own world, still as a archivist and historian with most of the people who knew me in my prime have moved on or died.
I am dissatisfied with teaching but it pays the bills and it gives me my summers off. My class is not bad this year just that 4th grade is just too young of a group for me. I do better with 5th and 6th grades being a male teacher.
My principal Pam Park I think realizes that I am Gay but it’s a don’t tell don’t ask policy so if a parent wants to know she can deny any knowledge but she once told me that she had a Gay uncle and why would she want me to know that if not letting me know she knows.
I am in the doldrums of my life where home and work seems to be my only outlet as I rarely socialize with anyone or have any close friends anymore. Mike sleeps upstairs in the master bedroom and I sleep downstairs in the basement. Our closest friends are our straight neighbors Randy and Kimberlee Gile with which we visit with more than any Gay friends. They call us their girl’s Gay Uncles. I guess that is good enough. I am not sure why I am even keeping a journal anymore as I am so out of the loop. I guess old habits. Mike gets so moody so often I can tell he is unhappy and we quarrel a lot but I think we stay together because we are comfortable if not contented.
I read in the news that three Saudi men were beheaded for committing acts of sodomy and "seducing young men."
7 January 2002 Monday
It would have been Fran and my 25th Anniversary if we would have not divorced in 1988. I haven’t heard anything from her in probably ten years. School started back up today after winter break.
9 January 2002 Wednesday
John Cunningham turned 51 years old today. Would I even recognize him if I saw him on the street? Or he me? It’s been since 1972 the last time I ever saw him when he was changing the marquee at the Grove Theater in Garden Grove where he worked with his brother. I just sat in the dark parking lot and watched him from a distance.
11 January 2002 Friday
In the news the Utah Supreme Court settled a case of a family Jordanian Muslims who were accused of beating and kidnapping a lesbian daughter and sister to send her back to their native country of Jordan. All the defendants have to do is refrain from new crimes and contact with the alleged victim, Muna Hawatmeh, 25. Deputy Salt Lake District Attorney Kent Morgan said "Had we not done anything, she [Muna] would be back in Jordan and dead," referring to the practice in some Middle Eastern countries of "honor killings," where women suspected of engaging in premarital sex may be murdered by male relatives to preserve family honor.
19 January 2002 Saturday
I called home and talked to dad on his 77th birthday. He sound good and said mom’s back was bothering her because she’s got arthritis in her back. Charline and Dennis came up but otherwise nothing going on.
Yesterday was Career Ladder Day so the kids have a four day weekend because Monday is Martin Luther King’s birthday. I had to work yesterday to do grades and prep for the coming week. The year is half over now. The kids shoot up from being so little at the beginning of the school year in 4th grade.
Pride Fest 2002, the third annual gay and lesbian film festival, started last Thursday at Utah State University. I wonder if Tim Keller is still running it. “The festival will feature 25 films to be shown in the main auditorium of the Taggart Student Center. This year the festival will also feature lectures and panels to discuss issues facing gays and lesbians. The centerpiece film this year is "Scout's Honor." It was made by Steven and Scott Cozza, founders of the national organization Scouting for All, which strives to end discrimination by the Boy Scouts of America toward gays, lesbians, bisexuals, transgender individuals, girls and atheists.’
21 January 2002
Peggy Lee died today. She sang in Lady and the Tramp and in 1969 she had that hit “Is that All There Is.”
31 January 2002 Thursday
Well this long month is over and all that is in the news is Salt Lake’s preparations to host the Winter Olympics next month and saber rattling by the Bush Administration against Iraq. I don’t get it as that it was the Afghanistan Taliban and Saudi Arabia terrorists who attacked us last September. I think Bush is still pissed at Iraq for the Persian Gulf War that Bush Sr. started.
I guess Mike Romero’s brother John is coming to stay with us during the Olympics. He’s going to bring a buddy he knows not the rest of the gang.
February
1 February 2002 Friday
This 3rd grade teacher is hyping Olympic merchandize like Olympic pins, tee-shirts. Sleeveless Jackets, and berets. I will probably buy some. Pam Parks wants to hype up the Olympics as much as possible Olympic math and reading-thons. Down town is draped in these huge 6 story Olympic pictures of athletes already. The Olympic arch is set up on South Temple by 2nd West as one of the venues,
The state legislators refuse to enhance penalties for attacking a referee or stiffen sanctions for crimes against gays or blacks, but Utah House members endorsed a bill that would make it a felony terroristic act to walk onto a ranch or mink farm with the intent to interfere by animal-rights protesters.
4 February 2002 Monday
Some are calling the Salt Lake Olympics the Mormon Olympics ha! “Utah's reputation as odd is boosted again this week in a Time magazine piece advancing the opening of the 2002 Olympic Winter Games on Friday. In the article, Time quotes former Utah Supreme Court Justice Michael Zimmerman, now in private practice, who describes the divide between Mormons and non-Mormons as the same it always has been. "Utah is changing through urbanization, rather than by the Mormons being more inclusive," Zimmerman said. Also discussed in the article is the use of the term "non-Mormon": "Even the everyday use of the term non-Mormons exposes the divide -- nobody talks about the non-Catholics of Boston or the non-Baptists of Atlanta." Zimmerman told the news magazine, "People say things about Mormons they wouldn't dream of saying about blacks or Hispanics or Jews or whatever." State legislator Jackie Biskupski, a prominent member of what Time calls "an internationally known lesbian underground scene," says the gay community grew "partly out of necessity. The community here can be so oppressive, it almost creates a need for a thriving gay and lesbian community."
8 February 2002 Friday
The “Light the Fire Within” Salt Lake City winter Olympics began with President George W. Bush is in town for the opening ceremonies at the Rice–Eccles Stadium. Because of that security is everywhere to prevent any type of terrorist attack. Members of the 1980 U.S. Olympic hockey team lit the flame to begin the games. Downtown Main street is closed to traffic but John and Mike Romero and john’s buddy wanted to walk around. It was super crowded and super cold out at night down into the teens. They relaxed alcohol laws for the Olympics and people had open containers walking around like a normal city. I am glad I went but as I am not a sports nut I will just watch some of it on television but probably not much.
The Private Eye weekly listed some of the popular bars for out of towners. “From Area 51 to the Tavernacle, a Bar for Every Thirst in Northern Utah New in town, or new to being out on the town? There is a Utah club to suit your taste.” They even listed Gay Clubs in the Salt Lake City like Club Blue, 60 E. 800 South; 517-4074; gay, leather cruise bar, Paper Moon, 3424 S. State St.; 466-8517; lesbian bar; dancing, karaoke, pool, and Trapp, 102 S. 600 West, 531-8727; gay country Western bar, Zipperz, 155 W. 200 South; 521-8300; opening at 10 a.m. daily; gay dance club on four levels. DJs, karaoke, live shows, pool and Deuces wild dueling piano show nightly.
“Protesters
Will Give Olympic Visitors Look at American Gripes, Free Speech- As Utah
welcomes the world to the 2002 Winter Games, every effort has been made to give
visitors a flavor of American culture. The most memorable taste of
Americana the estimated 200,000 tourists take home may not be the sanitized
Olympiad the Salt Lake Organizing Committee is providing. A spectrum of
protesters promise to offer a view of America as bitter as it is sweet. About
10 groups, so far, have been issued permits to use the Olympic focus of the
world's media to get across messages far different than those offered up by
Coca-Cola, Chevrolet and the International Olympic Committee. Activists,
corralled in tightly regulated "demonstration zones," will speak out
on subjects ranging from world peace to America's supposed moral collapse.
The most visible protest group has been an animal-rights coalition
appalled that SLOC has made a rodeo part of the Cultural Olympiad. The group
has dogged the Torch Relay with a 16-foot "protest truck" equipped
with 100-inch television monitors showing footage from rodeos. Protesters
decrying the rodeo have been arrested as far away as the IOC offices in
Lausanne, Switzerland.
Early in January, Utah Gov. Mike Leavitt learned that seemingly
innocent doings in Salt Lake City could have global implications. Leavitt found
himself backpedaling from an offered "Falun Gong Day" proclamation.
The Chinese government -- which the Falun Gong accuses of
persecuting its followers -- was not pleased with the governor's
ceremonial gesture.
The demonstrations least palatable to Salt Lake City may be the
ones planned by the Westboro Baptist Church of Topeka, Kan. The group, led by
the Rev. Fred Phelps, plans to denounce the U. S. government and George W. Bush
for, as they see it, acceptance and support of homosexuals. The group plans to
welcome the world with signs such as "God Hates Fags."
Utah gay groups plan no counter demonstrations and the Salt Lake
Men's Choir canceled an unrelated performance in Pioneer Park because the city
will not allow electronic sound systems in the demonstration areas.
In spite of the potential for controversy -- in fact,
because of it -- civil libertarians are applauding activists who
plan to force troubling or merely unpleasant social and political points of
view onto the Olympic stage.
Brian Barnard, a Salt Lake lawyer renowned for taking unpopular
First Amendment cases, says February's protests will teach visitors more about
America than the Olympiad itself. "One of the things
Americans are proud of is the Bill of Rights," Barnard said. "And the
best way to show off the Bill of Rights is to show it in action."
Aggressive, yet peaceful, protests of the government and the status quo also
will demonstrate the United States has not been cowed by terrorism, he said.
"The terrorist will have won if they succeed in forcing government
officials to squelch the First Amendment. They will have made us into a fascist
nation." To those who find outbursts of free speech
disturbing, Barnard offers some comfort: "The only way you are going to
find out that group is made up of idiots is to let them shoot their mouths
off."
11 February 2002 Monday
PFLAG paid for two billboards along I-15 at 3900 South and Point of the Mountain. Billboards Personalize Gay-Straight Relations- Travelers on Interstate 15 are being hit square in the face with a thought-provoking message: Someone you know and love is gay. The message comes in the form of billboards placed at 3900 South and Point of the Mountain. They are the work of PFLAG (Parents, Family and Friends of Lesbians and Gays). "There are lots of people who don't know that someone they know is gay. This is not just a reminder for them, it's a revelation," said PFLAG member Boyer Jarvis. A longtime community activist, Jarvis said he joined the group several years ago because he is a "recovering homophobe." In high school, he said, he thoughtlessly made all kinds of homophobic remarks, and that is exactly the behavior he hopes the billboards will help quell. "It is my belief that nobody is born with a language. Nobody is born a homophobe," he said. "A baby hasn't any attitude about sexuality or orientation at all. "Then the baby grows up and hears grown-ups expressing their beliefs and attitudes." The billboards have been a priority for PFLAG for several years, but raising the $30,000 to finance them was challenging. They did not plan to have the signs in place in time for the 2002 Winter Games, but are pleased with the coincidence. "It's a simple message, but it's something that people need to see," Jarvis said.
13 July 2002 Wednesday
Waylon Jennings died today. He was one of the pioneers of outlaw country music. His family lived near my family in Lamb County back in the 40’s and Grandpa Johnson bought his farm at Hart Camp from Waylon’s father in 1940. My uncle R.L. Williams used to date his older sister. He performed at the Special Event Center in 1979 when I worked there and I talked to his son who was touring with him although I never met Waylon as he was busy setting up for the show.
15 February 2002 Friday
The kids had their Valentine’s party yesterday with room mothers doing it all. Spent much of the week doing Valentine Arts with the kids while they are all hyped up about the Olympics. We had some indoor recesses because of the extreme cold this past week. John Romero and his friend have attended a few events that they had tickets for mostly some of the non popular ones. They went out to Soldier Summit for one event not sure which. They seem to be having a good time but have to leave tomorrow to go back to Colorado for work.
Last Wednesday we went to the German hospitality beer garden over on 4th North and 4th West. That was the extent of my Olympic experiences.
18 February 2002 Monday
There was no school today because of President’s Day. I really need the break as the kids have been crazy with all this Olympic hype.
19 February 2002 Tuesday
I thought this list in the Salt Lake Tribune was hilarious. 10 Utah Things We Don't Want You to Discover 10. West Wendover (Gomorrah), 9. Gay-Lesbian Center,
8. PETA's Web site, 7. The Legislature, 6. Porn channels at the Marriott, 5. Dr. John's Lingerie & Novelties, 4. Hildale polygamist colony, 3. The state's three liquor stores, 2. The annual "Saturday's Voyeur" performance, 1. Utah Democratic Headquarters
Transgendered activist Sylvia Rivera died in New York. Her 18th birthday was just a few days after Stonewall born 2 July 1951
23 February 2002 Saturday
I read this article in the Tribune . “ The Salt Lake City Police Department is offering a $3,000 reward for information leading to an arrest and conviction in connection with an apparent hate crime against a homosexual couple earlier this month. Police responded to a vandalism report at a home in the 300 South block of 1000 East on Feb. 15, discovering three bricks that were thrown through a front window. Each brick carried a written message that referred to the residents' sexual orientation and said, "get . . . out of SLC or you will die," according to a police report. Police say they have few leads and welcome tips at 799-INFO (4636). Tipsters may remain anonymous.”
Also
the Moral Mormon Prurient were upset with condoms being available to the
athletes. “Red Cross Stops Its Olympic Safe-Sex Program
Outlandish behavior by outreach workers, including wearing a giant condom
costume, drove the Red Cross out of an Olympic safe-sex program, the agency's
top Utah official said Friday. Susan
Sheehan, chief executive of the Greater Salt Lake Area Chapter of the American
Red Cross, denied that donor pressure or an ugly series of protests against the
Red Cross had anything to do with the decision to pull out of Safe Games 2002. The program's more than 100 orange-capped
outreach workers are supported by a spectrum of community organizations,
including the Gay and Lesbian Community Center, the Harm Reduction Project and
the Utah Aids Foundation. "We have certain standards on how we
communicate with the public that we learned weren't being followed by
volunteers," Sheehan said. Red Cross officials learned of incidents
in which condoms were thrown at passers-by, offered to a 14-year-old girl and
in some cases not accompanied with the proper educational literature. "We
were supposed to be doing this in a discreet but helpful manner,"
Sheehan said. But gay activists say the Red Cross withdrew when it found itself
in the unusual position of being the target of demonstrations and angry
letters. I'm disappointed, but not necessarily surprised," said Stan
Penfold, executive director of the Utah AIDS Foundation. "I can understand
the kind of pressure they have been receiving." Safe Games 2002 continues because volunteer
training, provided by the Red Cross, is finished, he said. Penfold said he was
unaware of the incidents the Red Cross cited, but didn't find the use of a
condom costume, provided by a manufacturer, to be a serious problem. The Red
Cross-approved statement in the condom kit, however, was misinterpreted by some
people, Penfold said. "It ended with 'be safe and have fun.' Some people
read that as advocating sexual fun. The intention was for people to have fun at
the Games -- never any other innuendo." "We were not
pressured," Sheehan said, noting that only two contributors called to
complain. "We want to remain credible as an organization after the
Olympics," she said. "We are not stopping our [safe-sex education]
program. But we felt a real concern about the quality of what was happening in
the Safe Games 2002 program." Red Cross workers were stunned when
anti-abortion activists picketed their headquarters soon after the Games
opened. The protesters said giving out condoms encouraged recreational sex. The
Red Cross's safe-sex education program is funded with a grant from the Centers
for Disease Control and Prevention to combat a serious public health threat,
Sheehan said.
24 February 2002 Sunday
The closing ceremonies of the Mormon Olympics are over and after all the visitors go hope it’s back to be where be an adult is outlawed
28 February 2002 Thursday
February always
goes so fast. It was extremely cold this month with not much snow which was a
worry for the Olympic Committee but not me. Kids now are calming down and
everyone has lots of Olympic merchandize. Trading Olympics was a frenzy with
the Green Jello pins being the most sought after. I bought a few that were made
for Orchard. All in all though it was
nice for a brief two weeks that Mormons treated the rest of us like American
adults. John Romero and his friend had a
good time I suppose but really didn’t see much of them as they mainly just
slept here and since I was teaching I went to bed often before they came home.
MARCH 2002
1 March 2002 Friday
Club Blue the leather bar on 8th South has been pushing the limits and I think it finally caught up with them. Mike Romero and I went there a few times, mostly for Mike’s sake as I am not all that interested in the leather scene all though I once joined a leather club to try and keep Mike happy once. Last year I wrote a scathing letter to the Private Eye as one of its writers was criticizing the bar for not being inclusive of women.
“Club
Penalized for 'Underwear Night'- The Utah Alcoholic Beverage Control Commission
on Thursday suspended a Salt Lake City gay bar's liquor license for 60 days in
part because the bar allegedly allowed lewd conduct to occur during
"underwear night." The liquor
commission, however, agreed to hold off on the suspension for 30 days to give
Club Blue's owners time to file an appeal with
When I went the Community Center to meet Chad Keller about a history project he was thinking about starting I saw that a Gay play was being performed there as a benefit for the center. I never heard of the play but it reminded me when Boys In the Band was performed at the Aardvark back in the early 90’s. Sean Means of the Tribune as always had something to complain about. The Masseur" Lakota Rainbow Theater at Gay and Lesbian Community Center Black Box Theater, 361 N. 300 West; opens Thursday, 7:30 p.m.; continues Thursdays through Sundays, 7:30 p.m.; through April 7; $20; 583-2036. THE MASSEUR -- Good acting by Greg Tankersley as an uptight businessman questioning his sexuality and Greg Lawson as the masseur he befriends is undermined by Bill Poore and Robert Joseph's slight play. It barely touches upon the serious issues in the characters' past and plays more like an excuse for the actors to take off their clothing. Lakota Rainbow Theater at the Gay and Lesbian Community Center Black Box Theater, 361 N. 300 West; tonight, Saturday and final show Sunday; $20; 583-2036. – SM
8 March 2002 Friday
March is doing its lion’s bit as it rained and hailed yesterday and snowed this morning. The kids get so riled up whenever there’s a storm.
10 March 2002 Sunday
The Tribune has an opinion piece on the ABC attack on Mike Webb’s bar Club Blue. “The suspension of a Salt Lake City gay bar's liquor license appears driven more by the prejudices of the Utah Alcoholic Beverage Control Commission than by any illegal conduct of the business. Club Blue did not fail to adhere to any of the ABC's Byzantine rules for the dispensing of alcohol, and it did not serve anyone who was underage. All it did to draw the 60-day penalty was to show videos of men posing provocatively in their underwear. How is that different than the lingerie shows staged for years by other private clubs? And why is the ABC suddenly getting so steamed up about underwear when semi-nude women have been dancing for years at a number of other clubs that serve alcohol? The city's vice officers claim they observed illegal sexual activities taking place in the bar, but if that was the case the cops should have arrested the perpetrators. Such activity takes place on occasion in the dark corners of theaters and in steamy cars at drive-in movies, but authorities don't hold that against the proprietors. Clearly, the ABC commissioners are uncomfortable with the idea of gay men. That being the case, the simplest solution would be for the commissioners to stay out of Club Blue. Using their governmental authority to punish legal behavior of which they don't approve is tyrannical.
15 March 2002 Friday
It was career Ladder Day again and the 4th term will begin on Monday. There was an article on the ACLU supporting Wendy Weaver who was fired for being a Lesbian done in Nebo District. “The American Civil Liberties Union of Utah filed a brief Thursday with the Utah Supreme Court in support of Spanish Fork High School teacher and lesbian Wendy Weaver's right to continue working in the classroom. The ACLU is defending the 20-year teaching veteran against accusations that her sexual orientation makes her unfit to teach. The filing is the latest turn in a 1997 lawsuit filed against Weaver by five parents and four former students who accused her of unprofessional conduct and violating laws and students' religious and personal liberties.”
16 March 2002 Saturday
We made a quick trip to Rawlins for Bill Romero’s birthday which was Thursday. We needed to get away from Salt Lake. We stopped at Little America to let the dogs out to pee and sniff and were in Rawlins by 2. Faye fixed a nice ham dinner and Nora, Mike’s Grandma came along with his sister Michelle and niece Christine. With Faye and Bill’s two pups and out four we had a house full. The roads were goods.
17 March 2002 Sunday
Its St. Patrick’s Day but since it was not on a school day there was little need to wear green. We left Bill and Faye’s place around 11 and stopped at Nora’s before heading out. She and Mike had a little “snort” as she called a small glass of booze. Ha! We were home by 5:30 and since Mike did all the driving it wasn’t too exhausted from the quick trip.
20 March 2002 Wednesday
It’s the first day of spring and mom and dad’s 56th Wedding Anniversary. They were married in Olton Texas. Dad was 21 just discharged from the Navy and mom was 16 years old. I called them this evening and visited some. They went to the Senior Center for lunch and celebrated that way ha!
The Tribune
had an opinion piece on the persecution of Wendy Weaver. “Persecution Continues-
The saga for Spanish Fork High School teacher Wendy Weaver continues. The case
against her, which has been ongoing for five years, boils down to claims that
her illegal conduct of living in a committed relationship with another woman
makes her an unfit teacher. The leader of the pack against Weaver, Matt Hilton,
claims the case is "about what is the nature of public education in
Public education in
Weaver's sexual orientation became an issue in 1997 after a student asked if she was a lesbian. Weaver said yes and Hilton's group soon formed, seeking to have Weaver removed and her teaching license revoked. These attempts failed, but the group keeps trying. Public education in their eyes is about publicly and persistently condemning the personal life of an individual who has the audacity to give an honest answer to a student question. To Weaver's accusers, public schools must be about the few assuming a moral superiority belied by their actions.
What role do parents and students play? There are a couple of options. One is for parents to teach their children that hounding an individual they disapprove of is a proper solution. The other is to teach their children that they can learn from a person without adopting the person's beliefs. They might even teach children, though this is a stretch, that a homosexual person can have loving relationships and provide the same caliber of family life as a heterosexual; sexual preference alone does not render anyone a better parent or partner.
Public education, as the State Office of Education, which has found no grounds for licensing action, realizes, is not about persecution. Hilton is right that teachers are role models, but that does not mean they must adhere to the prejudices of each student or be banished from the classroom. A teacher who has been arrested or who is under court supervision is not a proper role model. A teacher who views pornography at his desk is not a proper role model. A teacher who answers a student question truthfully, knowing the answer will require the students to re-evaluate their assumptions, is a proper role model.
Public education is about learning, including concepts that challenge students. It is easy to agree with like-minded individuals. It is far harder, and more important, for students to learn to critically evaluate unfamiliar ideas and express their reasoning in a civil manner. Students in Weaver's classes who struggle with her lifestyle have the unique opportunity to learn these important skills, skills Weaver's tormentors have yet to acquire.
24 March 2002 Sunday
All that is in the news is talk of invading Iraq to depose Saddam Hussein. What he had to do with 9/11 is anyone’s guess. It’s been cloudy and we had a little rain which is helping with the flowers trying to pop up. Been outside a little cleaning up leaves and weeding flower beds. The Globe Willows are starting to turn light green. Oscar sure is wearing down and sleeps mostly now. He’s been a sweetheart dog for sure. He’s probably around 12 or 13 years old now and we rescued him in 1996. Mike is being weird again but what else is new.
27 March 2002 Wednesday
Three celebrities died on this date. Milton Berle was part of the initial Golden Age of Television, and his significant TV roles earned him the nicknames Uncle Miltie and Mr. Television. He often performed in drag. Dudley Moore was a prominent figure of the 1960s’ British satire boom. He delivered an Academy Award-nominated and Golden Globe-winning performance in the comedy film Arthur with Liza Minnelli and John Gielgud. Billy Wilder was an Austrian-born American film producer, screenwriter, and director. Widely considered one of the most versatile and brilliant filmmakers of Classical Hollywood cinema, Wilder became the first person to win Oscars as a screenwriter, director, and producer for his 1960 film The Apartment. Some Like It Hot has Tony Curtis and Jack Lemon in drag.
29 March 2002 Friday
Spring break is just four days this year. It’s good Friday.
30 March 2002 Saturday
The Queen Mother, the mother of Queen Elizabeth II and Princess Margaret died today. She ruled England as the Queen from 1936 to 1952, after which her daughter Elizabeth II took over. She was also the last empress of India.
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March 2002 Sunday Easter
The Giles invited
us over for Easter Dinner. I made a coconut cake to bring over.
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