Raymond Luczak published a story of mine in his book Eyes Of Desire 2: A Deaf GLBT Reader, available at Amazon.com.. My story is called “My First Deaf Guy” and it’s about my first lover, who happened to be Deaf, and why we broke up. (It might not be why you think.) I created this blog post so people who read the book and look me up through my bio in the book have a space to leave comments on the story.
Author: Daniel Greene
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Published in Eyes of Desire 2, A Deaf GLBT Reader
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LOVE Sculpture by Robert Indiana – Scottsdale Public Art
I never realized their were multiple copies of this sculpture until I saw in at the Scottsdale Center for the Arts. I think the first time I saw the iconography was on a postage stamp. Taking this photo was funny. It seemed that everyone wanted their photo taken with it, and there were several photographers around. I waited patiently as one photographer took a series of shots of a couple in various poses around the sculpture. Just as they were leaving, I got ready to take my shot. Simultaneously, these exuberant little girls came running onto the scene. I snapped this photo figuring I might never get the sculpture alone. When they saw me, they stopped and stared at me like does in headlights, and I said, “I just wanted to get a photo of the sculpture by itself. It’ll just take me a second.” They left and I got my plain photo of the sculpture before they came back to play (or pose for their mother with the camera), but I like this one better.
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Arizona Falls at Night
This is one of my favorite sights in Phoenix. Located on north side of Indian School Road just east of 56th Street, Arizona Falls is a manmade waterfall that channels the water of the Crosscut Canal through a hydroelectric power generator. It is a part of the Salt River Project (SRP). I have taken many photos of it by day, but this photo is one of the first photos I’ve ever taken of it at night.
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Red Neon at Super Target
An interesting element at the new Super Target in Christown Spectrum Mall
By the way, I was very kindly and gently asked by a lady security guard about what I was taking photos for, and I said, “I’m celebrating the opening of Super Target! 🙂 I live in the community, I love art and architecture, and I’m taking photos to commemorate.” She was actually watching politely while I took this photo. I assured her I would not take my camera into the store. We chit-chatted briefly, and she went away while I walked my camera back to the car. It was no problem.
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Sometimes we dress alike. Accidentally!
My partner & I shop together and have similar taste in clothes. Occasionally we dress for work at different times, meet each other after work, and find we’ve dressed alike!
Daniel Greene 