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]

0500 . Clear sky , Calm , 13° ( winter coming ), Humid 67℅ . Weather from the never never .

Happy day all , the best one each and everyone can have . xx

Coffee , poached egg on toast . lol . Plenty here .

Late start , poor sleep last night . Nerves about the 30th . Big day .

Love peace and warmth and hugs from the never never, Jo&LDxxx

[Aaronsis]

Good Morning my friend

0500 is a much more user friendly hour to be up and about..lol..beats those 0300 posts that you have been doing..lol.

I guess a little more about me, I can start off I guess with why I am here and my journey..see I lost my 19 year old brother in July 2019 to suicide, we had no clue he was even suffering let alone in a space where he was considering taking his life, so this came as such an overwhelmingly devastating (I don't even have the right words here) shock to our family....so I reached out here, looking for answers and looking for the reason why he would do this..of course while I never can get those what I did get was so much more powerful than I ever imagined. I got support, understanding, I learnt so very much about suicide and why people make this choice (mostly) I found my self in a loving and supportive place where I could get the confusion in my head somewhat sorted ( I know you know this as you have mentioned the same feelings too...aren't we so lucky!). Over the past two years I have had another loss with my mother passing so very unexpectedly, so once again, the forum played a huge part in that. I study Psychology in my own time and really have a huge focus now on Mental Health, I guess it is my whole life, which is sometimes good and sometimes not so great. I have lots of people on my team to remind me when the "wheels are falling off" and to take some time for me and to recheck me. OK enough of that..lol

Today is raining here, we have the tail end of the NSW bad weather, thankfully nothing like the horrific flooding they have experienced. A nice day to be locked inside at work..lol

I saw you are feeling a little nervous around getting your ears done..is that the actually procedure or the fact you will have them pierced? Happy to chat some more about that one if you would like to.

Glad you love my pelicans, yes they were one of the gorgeous sites when I went to Mallacoota with my friends for the weekend, such a beautiful bird.

Hugs and all the very best of every thing for a wonderful day for you and for LD too xx

Have a wonderful wonderful day xx

Sarah xx

[Jo8049]

Hi Sarah , hugest hugs . I still have no words ( I don't know any to convey what I feel . ) and am so very very very sorry . Can only send you all love and some sort of comfort in the hope that may help. ( unlimited hugs when required )

Sarah you have given me a number of gifts in the short time we have known each other . You have shown me how to broaden my perspective on so many things . You have taught me that grey does exist . You have affirmed my belief that love conquers all . For all that and much much more I thank you from the deepest parts of my being .

Re next Tuesday , its not the ear piercing its how I look when I leave that satellite city to head on into Bris for the Transcendents meeting that night . Really not sure if ready for that , well out of comfort zone . On the other hand I may leave with a Bris based comfort zone. Plan to spend Wed and Thurs catching up with a few friends . Not getting good sleeps , moon is back in the first half of the night .

If you want ( or not . Of course ) I would like to know how it was living in Thailand and any other places you visited . Some of the adventures if you want to ( or not ).

Malacootta is on Back Roads on ABC tonight .2030 . We have a lot of mice around at present , not as bad as Riverena but to many for comfort .

Will say adiós for now ( am tired and have a couple of more things to do yet )( speaking of mice a little one just came out from under the freezer sat quietly looking about till I moved and darted back beside the fridge . Came to clean up some crumbs of LD's .)

Love and hugs , thinking of you and have your back if we can help ( even if we can't will try ) xxxx Jo&LD in the never never xx

[Aaronsis]

Thank you so much for the most beautiful, caring words, for your support and for letting me know that our conversations are helping, even in the smallest of ways, that means more to me that you will ever understand. Love really does conquer all, and sometimes the kindness of strangers, in places like this, where if we were to pass in the street we would never know one another, but the bond runs so deep, that we potentially know more about each other here than our family members do!

I understand totally how the feeling of the unknown will be playing out in your head, how will you look? how will you feel? what do I wear? how will I be received?...I think the only thing you can do is what is in your heart, you go out there and you be you, you own the clothes you choose to wear, you own the way you do your hair and you love the very person who you are, I don't think you can do more than that. Also remember that there will potentially be others there for the first time also who are just as nervous and apprehensive about what the evening will entail. I am so excited for you and I am so very proud of you and just can't wait to hear all about it...

OK some tales from Thailand....one time we drove the four hours to Trat, to catch the ferry over to Koh Chang (Elephant Island), we had the most sensational time and the island is so remote and the water like something off a movie..anyway the point of this story is that I was with my husband and my two children, my son was 3 and my daughter was 1..so here we are driving back towards Pattaya (which is where we lived in Thailand) and we are driving and we are driving and it looks nothing we really saw on the way over...we then come to a road block and there are soldiers and they are all standing around a hut and have machine guns pointed at the car and are looking at us. Well terrified we realize that we have hit the Cambodian border and should not be there, that we have missed a turn and are very lost. Before we get too close we hit the brakes and do a massive U turn and get the heck out of there....one of the most terrifying experiences I have faced. Next story will be about the deadly snake that we discovered in the kitchen!

I had so many experiences in Thailand and the ability to really grow and to do so much personal development and at some things I know I would never have learnt if I had not been there.

Rest up tonight and hope you get some sound sleep my friend.

More hugs than you can imagine xx

S xxxx

[Jo8049]

Thank you . How amazing and so lucky at the border . You to rest well and I will post in the morning at the propr time ( around 3 ) . lol from us , special human . Hugs and xxx , Jo&LD in the never never ( thanks for the companionship )

[Jo8049]

0440, Clear ( stars , bright ), Calm , 11° ( Autumn ? ) , Humidity 51% , Weather from the never never .

Good morning all who read here and everyone else too . May your day be filled with warmth and kindness . xxx

Coffee as always , and tasty cheese on toast ( sprinkle of pink salt , cracked black pepper and a dusting of ground chilli )( chilli optional )

Hi again Sarah , hope your sleep was restful . Looking forward to the snake in the kitchen . So not a fun game biteys inside . How did it play out ? xxxx hugs to .

Slept in a bit here , body catching up ? LD has kept me awake a bit to , she can hear mice and wants to chase them ( if she catches them they get chomped , only once and they are dead . Doesn't eat them ?) .

Not to much going on here today , washing for next week and might let Sooz ( motor bike ) see daylight and ride west for a coffee ( 45 km to roadhouse ). Been doing extra hours on recumbent trike to calm the nerves .

When just thinking I see the insignificance of the individual and journey but realise that the world is made up of insignificant journeys off all types ( all entities , human to the smallest molecular entity ) so the sum of all turns it around and makes every one of those journeys very significant ? ( go figure ?? over thinking perhaps ?)

love in abundance and warm hugs to all xxxx Jo&LD in the never never x

[Aaronsis]

Good Morning and my heart is just so full of love for that picture of you LD...Oh my...how gorgeous!

I hope you enjoyed your morning coffee, I am here patiently waiting for the arrival of our coffee man..oh here is he is now...thank goodness! The usual Chai Latte for me!

Well the snake story goes like this....we had our friends come over from Australia to visit us, they had two young children and I was there with my son who was only 2 at the time. The house was stunning in that we had these huge doors that opened out to a courtyard outside and there was a spa and an outside shower and so much garden and tropical trees and vegetation. So we had been out for the day and cam home at around 3pm and the little ones were a bit ferral..as usual at that time, so myself and the other mum were running around getting bottles and nappies and bedtime ready and I put my foot on the flip top bin to put something in and out from behind the bin slithers this 7 meter (ok well it was probably 1 meter..lol) snake! It was the most brilliant of green colours that you could imagine and was so shiny and perfect looking, not aggressive or angry just trying to make its way across the kitchen...well we freaked out..screamed..grabbed kids by the hair and literally ran out to the courtyard, I think my friend's husband managed to grab a bucket or something and catch the thing...OMG...he then took it outside of our place to show the guard of our facility...( we lived in like little gated communities and we had guards that took care of our places 24/7). All we heard was this ferocious waking and the guard yelling something in Thai...my husband said that he was saying something about it being deadly and the most venomous snake in Thailand...oh delightful....we not long moved out of that complex to something more "House like"...

I cannot imagine LD racing around the house chasing mice frantically...well actually I can and it makes me smile..how cute.

I love your thoughts on overthinking the insignificant journey V's the significant...I guess it depends on what the destination is..physical or mental and also if we can notice the journey while it is happening and see what we endure on the way..physical and mental..hmm so many thoughts here.....now you will have me overthinking it...lol

Here is hoping your weekend is full of wonderful moments that can bring a smile to your face.

Hugs and lots of love to you and to that cute little critter LD xxxx

Happy Friday xx

Sarah xxxx

[Jo8049]

Good afternoon Sarah . Pardon me for posting twice in one day ? Bit slack here today, waiting for the washing to dry and been writing in the journal. LD is driving me mad chasing mice.

The snake would have got everyone jumping instantly, and I pity the children's scalps . Cant wait for next story but of course only when your ready .

I ran over a python just South of Broome one night about one in the morning. It was as long as the truck wheels were wide . DOA poor thing . I used to give anyone who hurt snakes on the road a hard time . So as you can imagine when it got out that I had squashed a big one I got curry . Pulled up for a feed about 1200 km south on way back home ( Perth then ) walked into a roadhouse and someone I know well said hi then told me of this gigantic snake I hit . He said I heard its head was arriving in Port Headland while its tail was leaving Broome ( about 650 km ) . That was only one day's exaggeration?

Your reply on significance made me realise that things like subtle changes over time creep in and maybe a lot of the time we don't even recognise there is a journey even happening other than the main one ???

Leave you alone now , unlimited happiness for your weekend . Hugs and a cuddle my fiend . LD sends a lick , love and happy days to you and everyone else about . Xxxxx Jo&LD xx

[Jo8049]

0800 , Clear sky and sunshine , Calm , 17° , Humidity 50℅ . Weather from the never never .

Good morning all . Safest happy day you can have , from us in the never never .

Coffee is on and I think an egg on bread with chilli and salt with cracked black pepper . Lots here !

Late start , catching mice all night ! LD was having fun .

Enjoy your weekend everyone . lol and hugs from the never never. Jo&LD. xxxx

[Jo8049]

0440, Clear sky ( light background with bright stars , milky way looking happy ), Calm, 11°, Humidity 44℅ .( not long to the first frost ). Weather from the never never XXX

Good morning everyone . Much love and care from the never never . xxxx

Kettle is hot , chocolate chai tea or coffee ? Steak sandwich for breaky ( or not ?)

What will this day bring or reveal as it quietly moves through time ? Much of it kind joyful and happy I hope ? Good day for everyone !

Hi Sarah , hope your weekend is going well . Been thinking of the snake . Do you know what sort of snake it was ? Also how you and your husbands minds must have been racing at the border post . I feel fear just thinking of that . ( so relieved it worked out that way ). Haply day sweety xx hug xx.

Getting ready for next sojourn to the east starting around 0700 tomorrow . Just looking at LD curled up in the chair on my t-shirt . I feel guilty and down thinking of her in jail . She has had a lot of exersise chasing mice last few days . The mice are cute ( but so wish they would stay outside ) and she has so enjoyed being busy and helpful . Hasn't caught any , but been so busy giving them up . She used to catch them but I think it is eyesight now . I am convinced that she has some of the soul of previous LD . She is a very very very special little creature . Full moon tomorrow night . ( sleep deprivation week this one )

Best day for every one of you out there all over this beautiful world . Will try to channel some universal love to all for the whole day .

Lol and hugs from the never never XXX. Jo&LD xx