The Transcendent Rainbow Cafe - social space for LGBTI members

[Paul]

It would be so great to have a thread here where we can chat about almost anything. We can have fun, tell jokes, share stories, you name it!

There's a "BB Cafe" thread in the general area where lots of people chat daily and have established some nice light hearted conversations, it's treated as if it's a real cafe, there's even virtual baked goods and coffee!

Let's create a chat here for anyone to join, in particular the GLBTIQ community to let their collective hair down and chill out. It's a safe space to be yourself.

We just need a name 🙂

[Aaronsis]

Hey Eight

OMG..THANK YOU...I know we have had a few chats in the past and your knowledge and use of the english language is second to none, the way you write and the intellect you share is outstanding....Please don't feel bad Jo, I am on the same page as you..lol..Eight is a true wordsmith.

But thank you for sharing your explanations...I have actually learnt something today..thank you

Hugs

Sarah xxx

[Jo8049]

Hi everyone , thank you Eight , I will digest that tomorrow . x Am exhausted ( 700 km day , LD & I have just got home . 1800 ).

Hi Sarah , will post in morning . lol . Shower and bed for us. Do hope your day was superb and happy .

Happiness and love + hugs Jo&LD xxxx

[Jo8049]

0440 , Clear to the southwest . Overcast to the northeast with lightening . Calm and heavy dew Large thunderstorm at midnight . Weather from the never never .

A fruitful and happy day for all . XXX

Hope you all have had enough rest when you wake ! Coffee here and not sure what else this morning , you choose . lol

Hi Sarah , more of me here now . Rest is good . LD is curled up on comfy chair beside me as I pedal .

Sabdra Pankhurst has awakened things as far back as I have memory . Most of this stuff I have had great difficulty with before and much talking therapy about it to . Over time it has frustrated me and I have been very hard on myself . The ever present question , why can't I get over it , deal with it and depower it . I own it and should be able to do that . Can with many other things . It seems that if you put gender disphoria in there to ( I think that was the missing component. It was definitely there from my beginning )that was hopefully the missing piece. Saturday to Tuesday around lunch time were very difficult . Enough said on that .

Midday Tuesday I got a phone call , ( my angel at work here ) It was a work mate ( in a large truck , as you know that's the industry I am involved with ) with whome I have done a lot of work and we are friends . He would be running out of hours in the book around a bigger town near here . ( 130 km from home ) So I had a shower packed Mr A up with some tucka and a few cans ( normally don't drink but with company on special occasions I will socially ) we headed off . This fellow had,an accident a bout two and a half years ago and after six months off, he works local in the Hunter now . Consequently hadn't seen each other for that time . Anyway we had a great evening cooked up on the mudguard and LD got to supervise from her Queen chair.

Next morning we did the 400 to that job that had only just popped up and got back south 200 to make a 600 + labour day , and yesterday ended up 700 + labour .,( heavy rain on way south heard on the radio that a place we came through had 37 mm in 15 minutes .) Normal for us but the fatigue from the emotions really has knocked me .Back into it for the second half now .

Am thinking that your weekend + soul food will keep you very content and happy Sarah , I do hope so . lol and hugs a plenty .xx xxxx

Thank you for listening . Endless hugs and xxxxxx lol Jo&LD

[Aaronsis]

Good Morning Jo and scratches to you fur head...lol

I was really interested to read that Sandra has helped you in your thought process and maybe dare I say, reading another's journey really does sometimes help us understand our own, even though we are not the same people it is interesting how we do have these common threads in our lives. I also hear that you say it has awoken memories too, I tend to think about memories sometimes as a snippet of something that happened and then we fill in the rest with "detail" to make the memory complete, so I guess what I am saying is that sometimes I don't fully trust them. Sometimes we want so badly for something to have been wonderful so we create that, is that a bad thing?.no but just as we do that do we do the same with negative things too? Something hurtful may have occurred and we fill in the rest with a "story" that our thoughts provide us with...so does that in turn make it more painful? "Getting over" things is also another thing I tend to questions...feelings are a funny old thing as you know and if it were as easy as "getting over it" then we would not have a situation called "ill mental health". It is a journey and it does take work, understanding and also professionals to help us understand and to make peace with these things. Also kindness, to ourselves and to let ourselves take the time we need to manage the healing process.

I am so happy that you had a wonderful time with your mate, there is nothing like a last minute call and you pull yourself together and head out for some friend time..the best. I just love that LD has a queen chair..that is adorable!

It is tiresome this whole emotional journey thing...and it does hit us hard from time to time, some days we can manage it and others not so much so please rest when you can and give yourself the time to recover from these things, you are going through so very much and finding out new things about you all the time and probably every day so please be kind to you.

I hope today is wonderful, I am here waiting for my coffee guy to show up, muffin day today so that is awesome too.

Chat soon my wonderful friend and can't wait to hear what you have been up to.

Hugs and hugs and hugs

Sarah xxx

[Jo8049]

Hi Sarah , LD says thank you for pats and scratches . Thank you to for infinitely helpful support . xx Will do a bigger post later , must catch up on the journal later .

Just going to service Mr A now as the last 1300 km of the last few days was unexpected , was going to do 1 more to doctor near the city then service .

Lol and have the beautiful day you deserve . Love & Hugs LD&Jo xxx

[Jo8049]

0330 , The Milky Way shines brightly ( like looking into infinity ) surrounded by a myriad of twinkling stars of many sizes . Calm and very humid . A rooster crowing . Weather from the never never.

Good morning and another very best day you can have for each and every one . ( you are very special and very important )

Coffee and a small portion of bacon , lightly fried egg on soft toast . Sprinkled with a dash of sea salt , ground black pepper and ground chillies. ( maybe a touch of smoked paprika ?)

Hello Sarah , a good sleep I trust ? Weekend ahead . Your children with you this one . Enjoy their company . More driving lessons ? Have fun xxx .

Have a couple of people I am thinking a lot about . My friend ( is a builder in Bris ) rings me most days on his way home from work . They bought my big boat ( a thirty ton schooner . A beautiful very unique special vessel ) and have lived on her ever since . The boat and the family ( my friend , his lovely wife and two daughters who have only ever had ------ as their home ) . They have spent a few years in Indo and return to Aus to top up the money tree . 2020 was to be a voyage to Canada's west coast but covid put a stop to that . They decided to stay in Bris and keep working . His parents are having memory and health issues .

I am thinking if going to Bris for a transcendents gathering at the end of this month . Will visit them if I do . Love them a lot .

The other one is a work colleague ( spelling ) . She has been waiting for a knee surgery and just the other day has been diagnosed with a melanoma on her face . She lives in a controlling relationship so I can't ring to check on her unless she is away working . She said on Thursday ( got a call when on the last leg home , and told of the melanoma ) that myself and two others ( work colleagues from the coalfields ) are all that's left of the friends she once had . So I will keep more regular contact when I can while the melanoma is treated and beyond of course .

Sandra is still messing with my head and heart . All good so far ! Thank you for her , for me a huge catalyst to getting into my inner parts . So very many parallels as you said . ( I have never had the gay bit but the rest is me to a t nearly . I have always been a lesbian in the wrong body !)

Last trip was my first really living the lie , being old me out there instead of Jo . It went OK but troubles me a lot . Keep you posted on that .

Lol and hugest hugs . Jo&LD xxxx

[Jo8049]

0300 , Broken cloud in the east . Clear elsewhere with bright stars . No moon . Calm and humid . Warm. Weather from the never never .

Percolated coffee . Sunday eggs and bacon . Plenty for all . lol

Happy day for everyone wherever they may be . hugs x

Good morning Sarah , well rested I hope . Enjoy your day . Hugs ( unlimited ) . Finished Sandra last night . ( thank you for that ) ( am a different person to this time last week ). One of the most radical books ( for me ) I have ever read . xxxx

Lol to all , feel free to post a d converse . hugs , xx Jo&LD

[Jo8049]

Good night all . Peaceful revitalizing sleep ,with guardian Angeles looking out for you .

Peace love and hugs for all xxx Jo&LD

[Jo8049]

0315 , Overcast ! Rain about . 18° . Autumn in the air . Calm . WFTNN.

Coffee , lightly fried egg on honey toast ? All welcome .

Hope you all wake happy and welcome the new day . Another page in the journey . xxxx hugs

Tranquil love and peace to all , Jo&LD xx

[Jo8049]

0315 , Overcast , Calm cool and humid . 20 to 40 mm forecast for today . Weather from the never never .

Happiest day you can have for everyone . Say hi if you come into the cafe , bit quiet in here at present . lol to all .

Fasting for the vampires later . Help yourself to breaky .

Hi Sarah , safe well and happy I hope . xxx

Love , peace and empathy for all of you beautiful people . Jo&LD xxx