People write to me all the time to tell me that "homosexuality is an abomination." They base this on a quote in Leviticus. I think the Bible has proved to be a very mysterious and dangerous document.

You sense my loneliness, (...) my bitterness at being shut out of life. My bitterness that I'm evil, that I don't deserve to be loved and yet I need love hungrily. My horror that I can never reveal myself to mortals. But these things don't stop me, Mother. I'm too strong for them to stop me. As you said yourself once, I am very good at being what I am. These things merely now and then make me suffer, that's all

A story of remarkable simplicity and charm. A young swimmer invites us into sea off the coast of California where through her eyes we see an entire realm of creatures we have never known so intimately before. Truly for people of all ages, Lynne Cox's adventure with the baby whale, Grayson, becomes a parable and an experience, thanks not only to the author's great and generous spirit, but through her immense gift for describing nature.

And I loved this moment for all it's pain...We seemed for a moment like two parts of the same thing.

-You are on the verge of being truly mad. -No, not at all. Look at me. I can tie my shoelaces. See?

I am deeply discouraged by Catholic Bishops who say Catholics cannot support same sex marriage in our secular culture.

"You're a perfect devil, Lestat!" he was saying. "That's what you are! You are the devil himself!"