I notice a lot of other trans bloggers are keeping it light at the moment and some (e.g. Hannah, Stana) are putting such questions as what little things make you feel good about yourself as a trans person.
For me it is often the last little touches:-
- I love a squirt of a nice perfume so that the air about me is feminine too, like an aura.
- The most feminine garment is always (for me) a bra, like an embrace.
- I love to have painted nails. Today my fingers have clear varnish and I am about to paint my toenails a warm red.
- The best moment of the day can be putting on a soft nightie and letting the day's cares fade out of your mind as you go to bed.
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The home front
A few more thoughts about the war, but not so heavy as before. By all means skip if the contrast with the above seems too great.
I am slightly less worried than I was ten days ago. The world has pulled together in ways I would never have imagined.
Locally, Italian financial police have been impounding the assets of Russian oligarchs. Yesterday I took a stroll to the harbour at Sanremo to photograph the Lena, a luxury yacht belonging to Putin's friend Gennady Timchenko, which has been seized.
How the other half live, eh? Registered in the British Virgin Islands, one of the many tax havens governed by Britain. Could that explain Britain's slower than average escalation of sanctions? Oh, cynical me!
We will all be taking a hit financially but I do feel that communities are cohering in a common and just cause. Helping neighbours struggling with rising costs, or asking for help if we ourselves are feeling the pinch, is an important strategy. For instance, arranging a car pool for taking kids to school or people to work; or taking public transport instead. Or turning down the heating to save costly
energy and wearing more socks instead. My winter tights
collection is a godsend (hurrah for being trans!). After all, we are supposed to be combating global warming, too! This week does remind me of the inflation and energy stresses of the 1970s, but I don't think this situation will last as long. Freedom has some costs, and now is one of those payment times. It wish it wasn't, I wish things hadn't happened this way, but Putin's violent world is not one I wish to live in, so I am prepared to bear difficulties.
Sue x
Sue -
ReplyDeleteLondon has been moving slow on this front, as London has been a haven for Russian money. (It has been nicknamed "Londonistan" by many in the financial services industry.) But it has been moving. I worry more about the next step - shutting off commerce between the West and Russia. Hopefully, Western Europe will be prepared for a long, uncomfortable slog while this cold war plays out.
M
Thanks for commenting, Marian.
DeleteI'm afraid much of the world's dirty money goes through London and you can see it in the properties bought up to launder it. That was always true but now that Switzerland has cleaned up its act a little and Britain has isolated itself, it's worse. We have a lot of strife to go through, but let's hope this war stays cold and doesn't become too hot.
Sue x