Self-Organizing Man

Mnpls - or so they locals write - was amazing for so many reasons.

I had two opportunities to read from Self-Organizing Men. Both times I read an excerpt from each contributor. The second time, at Amazon Books (the original!) - I read many more of my cartoons. We returned to Ypsi having sold 23 books.

And we’re not yet a year old.

We had dinner with friends we met at Forge Forward and breakfast with some new friends, too. As Ms. H. said one night at dinner, “I didn’t realize how much I missed having a community of friends until our visit.” I felt like everyone I met this past weekend is someone I would definitely hang with in the future.

Which leads me to the realization that Ann Arbor is so transient, with little emphasis on community building. I also realized that my blogging will begin to shift, too, to what is on my mind of late, which is no more whining, money, organization and generating options for the poor.

More on those later. But I want to give a huge thank you to Drs. Rhys Preston and Alex Lanning of Kinetic Health, LLC, who are FtM Chiropractors dedicated to assisting trans folks throughout our lifespan. Dr. Preston is very skilled and compassionate. He adjusted both me and Ms. H. My back and her elbow haven’t felt this groovy in years.

I also want to thank A.S. for her attention and support as well as S.B., who literally got on the phone with Amazon books and got me a reading date! She also assisted Max Gries - a dedicated and thoughtful trans activist - to getting the word out about my readings. I’d also like to thank Owen Marciano at the UM for helping me during my visit. And a special shout out to Ravenmn!

Books get sold because of relationships. That’s my big business takeaway from Mnpls.