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The little boys and Sebby and I are staying in a tiny, perfectly renovated house on the far west end of Commercial Street in Provincetown. Sebby has been in a sustained anxiety attack since we got here--I now see how quiet his life in Carlisle is.  At home, we often go for walks and never see another person, another dog.  Here the streets are absolutely jammed with people, sometimes quite drunk, and the dogs--oh, the multitudes.  Asher said he thinks this is a good community because they like gay people and dogs are allowed everywhere.  Which is probably a perfectly great way to assess a town.  But Sebby is absolutely overwhelmed and I don't think I would bring him next time, if there is a next time.  He does love swimming at the town beach, but I cannot tell you just how bad he smells after that--kind of like a dead seagull.  And since he is glue to me in our tiny house, I must then force him into the shower, where I bathe him with the boys' all-in-one body wash and shampoo wh

The little boys and Sebby and I are staying in a tiny, perfectly renovated house on the far west end of Commercial Street in Provincetown. Sebby has been in a sustained anxiety attack since we got here--I now see how quiet his life in Carlisle is.  At home, we often go for walks and never see another person, another dog.  Here the streets are absolutely jammed with people, sometimes quite drunk, and the dogs--oh, the multitudes.  Asher said he thinks this is a good community because they like gay people and dogs are allowed everywhere.  Which is probably a perfectly great way to assess a town.  But Sebby is absolutely overwhelmed and I don't think I would bring him next time, if there is a next time.  He does love swimming at the town beach, but I cannot tell you just how bad he smells after that--kind of like a dead seagull.  And since he is glue to me in our tiny house, I must then force him into the shower, where I bathe him with the boys' all-in-one body wash and shampoo wh

Hello friends.  It's been a moment.  I opened up computer today to turn back to writing and discovered this unpublished blog I wrote in April.  I'm going to sent it out and work on a new one--I'm in Provincetown with the twins and Sebby, and its our last day, so I'm certain to be interrupted by the need to get to Herring Cove at high tide, but I'm hoping to begin writing again and anew.  Psalm 91:10 is translated variously. There shall no evil befall you. Nor will any plague come nigh thy dwelling. There shall no evil befall thee.  Neither shall any plague come nigh thy tent. Harm, of course, does come to all of our tents.  Sometimes, the harm comes from without, sometimes from within.  The Bible knows this: it is full of harms, of infertility and adultery, of war and disease, of hunger and of jealousy, of vengeance and of sacrifice. Kate Bowler taught me about the prosperity gospel: "its bold central claim that God will give you your heart's desires: money

Hello friends.  It's been a moment.  I opened up computer today to turn back to writing and discovered this unpublished blog I wrote in April.  I'm going to sent it out and work on a new one--I'm in Provincetown with the twins and Sebby, and its our last day, so I'm certain to be interrupted by the need to get to Herring Cove at high tide, but I'm hoping to begin writing again and anew.  Psalm 91:10 is translated variously. There shall no evil befall you. Nor will any plague come nigh thy dwelling. There shall no evil befall thee.  Neither shall any plague come nigh thy tent. Harm, of course, does come to all of our tents.  Sometimes, the harm comes from without, sometimes from within.  The Bible knows this: it is full of harms, of infertility and adultery, of war and disease, of hunger and of jealousy, of vengeance and of sacrifice. Kate Bowler taught me about the prosperity gospel: "its bold central claim that God will give you your heart's desires: money