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 🙂

[Jo8049]

Hi Sarah , was going to do this in morning but got writing and thinking . Would adore to hear about Thailand . Please don't write or think about anything that's hard or hurts my fiend . xxx

Looking back through posts on gender confusion. You talk of ever evolving and not staying one personality .I posted about the core (soul) that for me felt constant .Now Jo is pretty well complete I needed to review all this. Starting to think that my constant was because the loveless child was actually trapped and perhaps scarred (I thought this was my soul and although I lived my life the little child didn't change (constant)just hid. Was it Jo all that time?)do you think ? Couldn't hug the little child before Jo .Sarah being Jo is so very easy (compared to where I have come from) despite little bumps occasionally. The holistic of being Jo is undescribable . (euphoric if you will) . There has been a big shake up of course , but the core I spoke of has shifted a lot and still is . xxxx

Sweet dreams . love hugs and peace . xxxx

Jo&LD

[Jo8049]

0315, clear , calm ,17° , humid . no moon . The milky way looks startlingly beautiful and clear this morning . A true representation of infinity . mmmmmm

Good morning and happy day for all . Anyone passing through , please feel free to chat . x

Coffee at stupido'clock . Weetbix ( coconut ) banana and warm milk ! Plenty for all .

Hi Sarah , well rested . Good . Did your team win ? Quiet country music on the satellite . ( no blues channel )

PS: from last post , in the middle of last year my psych gave me a meditation so I could cuddle the little child from the loveless childhood . I tried once and it was like lightning in my head and heart . She told me on Feb face to face when I told her about Jo etc ( was,first face to face after Jo's birth) she had been very worried about the fact I had such a reaction to that excersise . After Jo's birth I can freely hug the child ?

That makes the second bit of previous post make more sense .

What does this weekend hold for you? I started mowing yesterday when got back from town around midday . A very dark active thunderstorm came along so I chucked it in ( potential lightning strike seemed a good excuse to go inside ). Will do it today . About 3 hrs left to do .

Look forward to more chat . Thailand has,always fascinated me . Have met many Asian people ( only been out of Aus once ,NZ ) in my travels and really liked them . A more simple way of life and outlook ( honesty perhaps ) . Simple seems always good .

Always wanted to travel but way to anxious to leave Aus . ( what if's )

Rambling ? Oops . This was supposed to be short . Brain overuns at present . lol

Peace love and happiness , hugs ( as many as you want ) xxxxx

Jo&LD ( snoring , asleep with full tummyxxHappy weekend .xx

[Jo8049]

0400 , overcast , 17° , calm , humid . Unremarkable morning . Weather from the never never !

Good morning all . x Hope this day will fulfill expectations ( only good ones ) and that the weekend so far has been kind to you . xx

Coffee , I think the coconut weetbix today with warm milk and a banana . Have a bag of bananas that was cheap as they are over ripe . Still yummy . Smoothy later perhaps .

Put a pocket in a chicken breast yesterday and sliced banana longways in half and put it in the pocket . Alabama rub on the chicken and slow cooked in the skillet ( lid on ) with diced mushroom cherry tomatoes ( if you have heat low they don't burst and absorb the juice flavour ) and small cubed Chats ( chats are prepared with rice bran oil tumeric ground chilli and lightly pepper and salt ). Sounds a lot but is a quick dish and only one pot . Was yum and still have half for tonight .

Hi Sarah , happy day for you . x . Are you getting that devastating rain . I pray not and that you are safe .

Finished the mowing yesterday , looks better now . Had to use slasher mower ( self propelled walk behind ) as was a bit wet and to thick for ride on . Had a quiet afternoon on the veranda with LD and a motorcycle mag . + the odd cup of tea .

Did a few texts to my friends in the Hunter region . They were all safe so far .

On a level place at present ( Jo's life . Am pretty sure the we are one now and very comfortably so ). Trying to relax and chill a bit . A long time ago I bought some ear studs and a pendant from an old fellow who had an opal shop in a big town west of here . Love opal and never had anyone to give them to . Sometimes I see realy lovely things if I can I s

[Jo8049]

Wrong button . Darn !

Buy them and give them as presents . Jo claimed them , 5years in a drawer . Want to get ears pierced on 30th .

Lol to all , as always much love and peace for you . hugs xxx Jo&LD

[Jo8049]

0430 , Overcast ( again ) , 22° , Calm , Humid ( 65% ). Weather from the never never .xx

Hi everyone , the best day you can have. Love and support for you all and extra heaps today for those caught up in this gigantic rain event .

Coffee always here . Breaky to , I will always share . xxxxx

Sarah , hope you have just been busy sweet lady and are not caught up in this horrendous weather event that is presently unfolding . Looks like significantly more to come . I am on the top of it as it curls down from the Territory . However it is starting to curl north . Reminiscent of 2012 here , I feel nauseous looking at the pattern . Won't elaborate but its not good . My heart is with every one of you who are directly affected. So much love being channelled to you . Safety warmth and love xxxxxx Hugs wherever needed ( unlimited )

Been a quiet weekend for me and LD . LD likes quiet times as we sit on the veranda together . Her chair next to mine so she can curl up on her cushion . She opens an eye and looks at me , then does a little snort . That means gentle pat . It is quite amazing the communication we have developed over the years .

S. I got a phone call from my older brother late yesterday afternoon . I told him of the events of last couple of years plus a bit of background . Call went for an hour . Was a very beautiful call .

Its referred to as coming out , I get that . I suppose it was all closeted but I rather think of it as coming out of the dark into the light . The two of us then , the old me and Jo holding hands as we enter the beautiful light and colour of this new exciting and right new world where we become one . xxxxxx . Leave you with that one . Please Sarah be safe and well .hugs as always ( unlimited ) and xxxx

Love peace and warmth from the never never , Jo&LD xxx

[Aaronsis]

Hey Jo

Thank you so very much for your thoughts for me being safe. I am in Melbourne so far away from the hideous weather that is happening in NSW, but thank you for looking out for me.

I was so happy to read about the child in you that now is able to receive love, be seen and be given care and warmth, that is so wonderful and so very important. It really is so strange how when we make emotional progress how it flows through us in ways we just never expected. The fact that Jo has been able to be born and shine but also nurture the child too is so beyond wonderful and I am so thrilled to bits for you..it is just fantastic. Maybe as you suggest Jo was the little child but I think Jo was there all the time so it is quite likely, and that you can see clearly now as you have new eyes and a whole new love for you.

I had a very busy weekend, hence why I was quiet. I went to the football with my friend and also watched my team lose on the other day...ahh well it is early days in the season yet but I do love my football. I was also able to catch up with a friend and eat lots of yummy food as well as watch a few movies and just talk junk...lol

I am so pleased you have your lawn mowed, mine looks like an absolute wreck and have to get to it as soon as the weather lets me...well that is my excuse...I really don't like gardening and I dislike mowing even more.

I love that you have found the most perfect person to give your Opals to, the person who is the most worthy of them all...maybe in hindsight that is why you never had the right person to give them to as the right person was there the whole time..Jo. I can't wait to hear how the ear peircing goes..how exciting!

I love the little bit you wrote about LD and the little snort and the pat, that you have your own language together and know what she needs and that just melts my heart..I love that so much.

OH WOW..the call that you had with your brother...YES...I feel so great for you and that things are just falling into place, almost like it was always meant to be...I think we both know that it was always meant to be and that now you can live your true self and have your true life, things are just easy..I am so very very happy for you. I just love the analogy of you and Jo, holding hands and walking out into the light and supporting each other and being accepted and being greeted in this world....I had a huge smile on my face.

So happy to hear such great news from you

Hugs and much love

Sarah xx

[Jo8049]

Just a short one ! Am so very very glad you are safe , if you told me you were in Melb I guess I forgot . ( oops ) .

Glad you had a good weekend to , sad your team lost but as you said early days this season . Thank you for reading my posts . Been teary since phone chat with my brother . ( very good tears )

The floods worry me , half of my house floods so I sort of know the anxiety of it . Was so tired of the anxiety of rain on the roof that I ran away to WA in 2012 on the motor bike LD in the tank bag and lived in a donga in a friends truck yard . Did fill in driving for him when needed. Ah , mmm short one ?

Lol and hugs from us ,xxx Jo&LD

[Jo8049]

0300 , Overcast , 22° , Calm , Humid ( 67℅ ) . Can smell the rain coming . Severe Weather Warning for heavy rain and thunderstorms current . Weather from the never never .

Happiest day possible for all of you . Good morning from the never never . xxx.

Coffee as usual , and poached eggs on soft toast .

Hi Sarah , well rested I hope ? It's been about me an awful lot lately. I usually live off the stage so I can listen learn and quietly help and leave good loving waves in my wake . ( not used to being in the spotlight xx). Am a people person and that is at odds with where I live . ( cheap house and land )

Really would love to hear what you feel comfortable to say in this space . Thailand , adventures or whatever xx ? Did you have any interest in Buddhism when in Thailand or now even . I had a copy of the life of the Buddha ( there have been many over time . Deities ) by the BBC . Lovely story . Dalia Lama seems quite lovely in interviews I have seen . Favourite was with Rick Stein ( British Foody , has a restaurant in Cornwall . Often on SBS food channel )

Look forward to more chat with you . Thank you lovely kind warm soul that you are . xxx

Lol , peace love safety and happiness to all , Jo&LD xx hugs

[Jo8049]

Hi Sarah , thank you for the beautiful Pelicans .xxx

Hugs , Jo&LD xxx

[Jo8049]

0400 , Clear sky ( so exciting and heartwarming to have the little starkly ones overhead back xx) , Light Westerly , 19° , Humid 67℅ . Weather from the never never .

Welcome to the new day everyone xx.

Coffee , chai or hot chocolate ? I might have a weetbix but look in the fridge or cupboards and pick something .

Hi beautiful kind Sarah . Thank you for sharing the soul food ( the Pelicans of course ) and being with us all . XXX . Look forward to chatting later. Thank you . Huge hugs .

Totally beautiful day for all , love warmth peace and kindness from the never never , Jo&LD xxx