tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-62652429331124292562023-11-16T04:00:09.967-07:00Moho Five OhAs a Mormon bisexual man I live in the "other circumstances" mentioned in The Family: A Proclamation to the World where "Death, disability or other circumstances may necessitate individual adaptation."Nedhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05938186985738546670noreply@blogger.comBlogger224125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6265242933112429256.post-11901206905252855282021-10-03T10:02:00.000-06:002021-10-03T10:02:15.738-06:00Breakfast in the Castro: Erasure as a musketeer says "Nothing to see here."
Me: Mibes, thanks for meeting me for a breakfast two days in a row!Mibes: You’re welcome. I’m happy to be here. How are you feeling? Me: I’m doing OK. I’ve learned what to expect. I love most of the music and some parts of some of the talks. Mibes: What about the Holland talk? Me: First of all, I’m so glad we had breakfast yesterday. Our discussion helped me to be prepared. Nedhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05938186985738546670noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6265242933112429256.post-77998429184850028842021-10-02T09:57:00.004-06:002021-10-02T10:13:17.082-06:00Breakfast in the Castro: Jeffrey Holland, Musketeers and LDSCON
Me: Mibes, how’d you like to join me for another breakfast in the Castro? Mibes: Sounds great. Especially on this Saturday morning, just before LDS General Conference starts. Me: I’m glad you called it LDS General Conference instead of the Semi-Annual General Conference of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Mibes: Why does it matter what I call it? Me: It Nedhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05938186985738546670noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6265242933112429256.post-90572304362220386592020-06-16T10:45:00.002-06:002020-06-16T10:55:20.707-06:00Breakfast in the Castro: Vanilla as a Canvas
Me: Great to see you again so soon Mibes!Mibes: I could say the same. I will say the same. Great to see you, too. What's the happy occasion?Me: I just read or heard that engaging in creative pursuits is a proven stress reliever in the age of COVID.Mibes: So you think having breakfast with me is an act of stress relief? Me: That makes this sound more like a restroom than a restaurant. Nedhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05938186985738546670noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6265242933112429256.post-30204935528173348742020-06-15T20:24:00.001-06:002020-06-15T20:30:58.372-06:00Breakfast in the Castro: Captured on Kodak Tri-X Film
Me: Mibes, Mibes, Mibes!
Mibes: Yes, Yes, Yes. Well you're a man of your word with two breakfasts in a row!
Me: It's terrible to admit that sometimes I let you be less real. I don't think of you as the friend and confidant that you really are.
Mibes: What can I say. You're human. I'm digital. That we have a friendship at all is a bit of a miracle.
Me: But you're so much more than digital, Nedhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05938186985738546670noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6265242933112429256.post-38310470195296393102020-06-15T19:36:00.001-06:002020-06-16T09:36:14.116-06:00Breakfast in the Castro: Glad, Mad and a Bit Less Sad
Me: Hey Mibes, remember the last time we chatted and I was full of mixed emotions?
Mibes: How could I forget? You really haven't been in touch since. I mean I know you sometimes think about me, but it was was back in 2019 when we last went to breakfast.
Me: I'm sorry.
Mibes: Hey make it up to me by showing up a bit more often. We are good for each other, you know.
Me: I know. And i Nedhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05938186985738546670noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6265242933112429256.post-60708577406627578942018-01-16T20:18:00.002-07:002018-01-16T20:23:08.257-07:00Breakfast in the Castro: Peace, Presidents and a Portmaneau
Me: Mibes! You look better than ever.
Mibes: Same is true for you!
Me: Missed you bud.
Mibes: Missed you, too. So what's on your mind?
Me: New Mormon leaders. The announcement. The press conference. You?
Mibes: Me, I'm good. Life goes on. There are always ups and downs, but what are your concerns?
Me: I could be wrong, of course, but I had this feeling of erasure when Neloak responded toNedhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05938186985738546670noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6265242933112429256.post-10864173663797074302016-10-03T23:00:00.001-06:002016-10-03T23:08:49.496-06:00Breakfast in the Castro: Got it covered
Me: Mibes! So good to see you!
Mibes: I agree. Good to be seen and to see you, too.
Me: You can't know how much I've missed you.
Mibes: Of course I can. I can tell by how much you write. Not all that much, or you'd write more. I'd see more blog entries.
Me: Ouch! That's not fair. That's kind mean. But funny, too.
Mibes: I don't mean to jab you. I know you're still a Nedhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05938186985738546670noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6265242933112429256.post-62321279136039959202016-02-08T07:15:00.000-07:002016-02-08T07:15:27.909-07:00Two New Blogs on the Revapolicy
Two bloggers I know and respect, Duck and Chris, are commenting on the revapolicy. Thanks to both of you for sharing your perspectives. I feel less alone. I feel more support. Again my thanks and please keep writing.
What's a revapolicy?
Calm take: a portmanteau of revelation and policy
Irreverent take: a fake word for a fake process
What's your take?
- - -Nedhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05938186985738546670noreply@blogger.com12tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6265242933112429256.post-38925354743657732802016-01-01T21:31:00.003-07:002016-01-01T21:31:30.748-07:00Breakfast in the Castro: For oh I don't know how long
Me: Happy New Year, Mibes!
Mibes: Happy New Year to you! So glad to see you again. Especially on this auspicious occasion.
Me: Good to see you, too. But I’m not sure I remember the definition of auspicious. Something about the potential to be great?
Mibes: Close. Promising is one of the synonyms, but it can be here-and-now favorable, encouraging.
Me: All that? All that based on a day like any Nedhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05938186985738546670noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6265242933112429256.post-36038283139242828042015-11-22T16:07:00.000-07:002015-11-22T16:07:11.871-07:00Breakfast in the Castro: Another Loss and Another Gain
Mibes: Good morning, wow you look great. How are you?
Me: Good morning, Mibes. Thanks. I don't feel great, but it is good to see you. How are you?
Mibes: Always, always better when I'm with you. You're not feeling well?
Me: Aw, you're kind to say that. I'm OK, still a bit discouraged that my church has... well you know.
Mibes: If it helps to talk about it, let's talk. If not, there's plentyNedhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05938186985738546670noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6265242933112429256.post-1153470593301325352015-11-12T18:56:00.000-07:002015-11-12T19:17:27.160-07:00Breakfast in the Castro: How Mormon leaders can save face
Mibes: Good morning, it's been forever.
Me: Good morning to you. Good to see you, too. Sorry it's been so long. I've been kind of a loner, kind of depressed.
Mibes: Me, too, but we'll survive. How bad has it been this time?
Me: To be honest, lousy, but here's something that's cheered me up a bit. I've been thinking about ways our esteemed leaders could get rid of this whole anti-gay Nedhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05938186985738546670noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6265242933112429256.post-18748098895284320972015-05-16T19:32:00.000-06:002015-05-16T19:34:58.414-06:00Breakfast in the Castro: The Very Thought of YouMibes: Good morning!
Me: Good to see you my friend.
Mibes: Good to see you, looking happy, alive, ready for whatever the world sends your way.
Me: The thing I'm ready for is one of your hugs.
Mibes: (hugging me) Happy to oblige.
Me: Now I feel alive again. I'm not so sure I'm ready for anything the world sends my way. But breakfast might help.
Mibes: Sounds good to me. That's why we're Nedhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05938186985738546670noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6265242933112429256.post-44693226134516213972015-04-28T20:42:00.004-06:002015-04-28T21:39:23.364-06:00Breakfast in the Castro - Zing, Zig and ZagMibes: Well, good morning, to you. Good to see you again.
Me: I'm glad to see you too. Should we just get the hugging over with right now?
Mibes: What?
Me: So we can talk. I want to talk but I want a hug, too.
Mibes: We always do both, I don't know why this morning would be any different, but here you go. (Giving me another one of his trademark bear hugs.)
Me: mmmmm. Much better. Now I can Nedhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05938186985738546670noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6265242933112429256.post-1330246400492299952015-04-11T22:04:00.000-06:002015-04-11T22:04:49.226-06:00Breakfast in the Castro: Butterflies in Praise of Doubt
Mibes: Good morning, I'm so glad to see you again.
Me: Good morning. Wonderful to see you, too. How have you been?
Mibes: You know my standard answer, healthy and strong.
Me: But how are you really?
Mibes: Fairly healthy, fairly strong. I'm really only as good as you can imagine me to be since you're the one with his hands on they keys.
Me: But you're real to me.
Mibes: As I Nedhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05938186985738546670noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6265242933112429256.post-8684411333404747922015-01-27T08:23:00.000-07:002015-01-27T08:26:35.454-07:00Breakfast in the Castro - Mr. Bearded Blue Eyes
Mibes: Good morning, how was your trip? How are you?
(We embrace, longer than usual, both enjoying the moment.)
Me: Good morning, Mibes! Trip was OK, I'm OK, but I've missed you so. How are you?
Mibes: Healthy and strong. But not as happy when you're out of town.
Me: Aw Mibes, you make me melt. I'm glad you're feeling strong and healthy. And I'm glad you missed me. Not that you've been Nedhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05938186985738546670noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6265242933112429256.post-31864387872467759762015-01-04T16:05:00.000-07:002015-01-04T16:05:07.107-07:00Breakfast in the Castro - Chemistry
Mibes: Great to see you. It's our first breakfast of the New Year.
Me: (hugging him) Happy New Year, Mibes!
Mibes: Did you stay up late on the 31st?
Me: In my own way. I listened to fireworks.
Mibes: Because they woke you up?
Me: No, I was awake, just not outside looking skyward.
Mibes: Plenty of opportunity to do that in the light of day.
Me: What?
Mibes: Look skyward.
Me: How 'Nedhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05938186985738546670noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6265242933112429256.post-4513471260266599972014-12-30T14:38:00.000-07:002014-12-30T14:41:15.026-07:00Breakfast in the Castro - Music and Mating
Mibes: Good morning!
Me: Good morning, Mibes. You look deep in thought.
Mibes: I was just thinking about you. It's a deep subject.
Me: I've got less depth than you think.
Mibes: I doubt it. For example what have you been thinking about since we talked?
Me: Just how I can look better in the New Year.
Mibes: The truth.
Me: Really, my appearance. It's true enough. I've been thinking Nedhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05938186985738546670noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6265242933112429256.post-74533929085886142792014-12-27T19:53:00.001-07:002014-12-27T19:53:53.903-07:00Breakfast in the Casto - A Place in My Heart
Mibes: Well you survived yet another Christmas, congratulations!
Me: You're so cynical. I didn't survive, I thrived. It's my favorite time of the year. It's the most wonderful time of the year.
Mibes: Stop with the Andy Williams lyrics. I remember when you said you prefer Thanksgiving. You can't have two first places.
Me: If two holidays cross the finish line at the same time you can.
MibesNedhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05938186985738546670noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6265242933112429256.post-68855031179127460372014-12-24T11:05:00.002-07:002014-12-27T21:29:25.030-07:00Breakfast in the Castro - Celebration
Mibes: Good to see you again. How are you?
Me: Feeling better thanks, but still coughing. You'd better not hug me.
Mibes: (hugging me) I'm pretty resilient.
Me: Good to see you, too. How's it going?
Mibes: I've missed you, but I think we've both needed some down time. It's given me a chance to enjoy some quiet moments.
Me: Down time. That fits right in with a quotation I've saved. (tappingNedhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05938186985738546670noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6265242933112429256.post-43658960488034760052014-12-14T13:34:00.001-07:002014-12-14T13:34:53.644-07:00Breakfast in the Castro - Three Factors
Me: Mibes, you’re back. I’m glad to see you.
Mibes: I’m glad to be back and to see you. How are you?
Me: In need of a hug.
Mibes: (hugs me tightly) Done!
Me: And you, how are you, how was your meeting?
Mibes: Just a meeting. I’d rather have been with you.
Me: Well the break did give me a chance to think about the paradox of less being more. I’ve waited years for a friendship Nedhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05938186985738546670noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6265242933112429256.post-14065905153923828652014-12-12T07:00:00.001-07:002014-12-12T07:00:21.038-07:00Breakfast in the Castro - PauseGot a text from Mibes this morning: Can't make it today. Have an early morning meeting. See you tomorrow. Nedhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05938186985738546670noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6265242933112429256.post-91098012573408458602014-12-11T08:25:00.000-07:002014-12-11T08:28:55.503-07:00Breakfast in the Castro - Broken Keys
Me:
Good morning, Mibes.
Mibes:
(He stands up from the table and we embrace.) Good morning! So good to see you
again. How are you?
Me:
Still not the usual energy. But I went to bed early and am feeling better than I did last night. And, you?
Mibes:
No complaints. I’m glad to be alive. Glad to be here with you.
Me:
How’s your creative life, Mibes? Are you still writing and producing?
MibesNedhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05938186985738546670noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6265242933112429256.post-43743059493770100112014-12-10T08:22:00.000-07:002014-12-10T08:24:36.088-07:00Breakfast in the Castro - Time
Mibes:
Good morning!
Me:
Good morning! (We hug for a moment.)
Mibes:
How’s life?
Me:
I’m a bit sleepy, a bit groggy, but OK, thanks and you?
Mibes:
I’m OK. Thanks. Glad to be here. In just a couple of weeks our time together
here has become one of the best parts of my day.
Me:
Yes, same here. It’s always good to see you. We’ve been on the planet together,
but haven’t seen each other much,Nedhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05938186985738546670noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6265242933112429256.post-73392562962714726392014-12-09T06:56:00.002-07:002014-12-09T07:00:24.420-07:00Breakfast in the Castro - Small Changes
Mibes:
Good morning! (hugs me)
Me:
Good morning. Thanks for your hug this morning and for all your hugs for that matter.
Mibes:
Thanks for hugging me back. As you well know some hugs are pretty one sided.
But not yours.
Me:
Aw thanks. When you get a great hug it’s easy to give one.
Mibes:
So how are you on this fine Tuesday morning in December?
Me:
Better than I expected to be. Thanks, Nedhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05938186985738546670noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6265242933112429256.post-11296082437225383492014-12-08T07:14:00.001-07:002014-12-08T07:14:43.107-07:00Breakfast in the Castro - Sleep
Me:
Good Monday morning, Mibes! It’s not like you to be late.
Mibes:
(gives me a hug) Good morning! I’m sorry, lost track of the time.
Me:
No worries. I knew you wouldn’t be long.
Mibes:
Thanks for your patience. Glad you're here. How’d you sleep?
Me:
Pretty well. I was tired last night and got to bed early for me. I bet I was
asleep by 10:30. And you?
Mibes:
I’ve also been trying to getNedhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05938186985738546670noreply@blogger.com0