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TOUCH TONES: Blood Moon Rising #8
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”Of course, she does, Babe.” I say as I squeeze Bette’s hand before walking back toward the tents and the shade.
It’s a question I’ll have to answer many more times I have no doubt. But who from my family will be coming to my wedding? I have an aunt and uncle and cousins. I have nephews and nieces. But inviting those people to my gay wedding? I give a resounding, ”No” to that idea. If other people want to have a big Gay wedding with their big ole straight family looking at their big ole Gay one, then please do. I have my own quirks and neuroses that make me absolutely object to the thought. And no hopping into therapy between now and my wedding day I realize will release them from me. So why bother? I’ve resolved it in my mind: I’ll never be free of the weirdly defining things that shade me from the shadows.
People hang on to what deflects and distracts us from ourselves. I have masks I wear to work and I have different masks I put on sometimes to wear around Bette. And certainly, when we’re out as a family, and most definitely today in this ancient tribal setting where my walking any closer to her would have been taboo.
So, today it’s New Mexico, my soon to be mother-in-law, and lots and lots of cactus everywhere. Plus, I’m pretty sure I’m sunburned from sitting around the ring with them. I forget what it feels like to leave the bubble of West Hollywood sometimes until I do.
I slip inside an animal skin tent to look at the leather bags, Indian rugs, and colorful blankets the young Navajo woman is selling. A group of children run past the tent. Stopping for a moment to peer inside stands a tomboy girl. Our eyes meet for an instant, and then she’s gone. My head begins to ache as an uneasy feeling sweeps over me and the Navajo designs begin to cross and blend together.
After going to the Fortune Teller and the unintended consequences of having my sexual memories unearthed about my sister I had finally decided, she had been very shrewd with me. The imaginary plays she staged where I’d been a knight with a sword we’d cut from a cardboard box and she’d covered with aluminum foil. And now, in the claustrophobic swelter that has become this tent, I remember the times she had dressed me as an Indian boy.
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Wow! I don’t think Mary should go to LA. She would just be putting everyone in danger. PPS
I’m loving this season 7.
Betta is happy to have her family together, but
Mary is not bad to go to los angeles?
Waiting new chapter.
10 stars.
Mary going to L.A. is a Bad Moon Rising!
Loving the story Blackbird!
Im realy enjoying this story and loving how much calmer Bette is around her mother I realy thought she would have struggled with being separated for so long im sorry but Tinas sister needs to be held accountable for what she did to her pps.
Im realy enjoying this story and loving how relaxed Bette is around her mother after being separated for so long,and im sorry but Tinas sister needs to be made accountable for her actions pps.
Excellent, tale, full of folklore and your imagination. Thank you for the “Blood Moon” and eclipse references. Unfortunately, it was terribly overcast in AZ on October 8th and I could’t see the lunar eclipse. There will be 2 more lunar eclipses in 2015 so hopefully, I will be able to photograph the events.
Hi Blackbird i haven’t read this story yet but i’m gonna, just wanna say that the pictures are super fabulous! Keep it up!
Cowboy boots in bed… Too funny
Beautiful chapter – AGAIN! Interesting experience in the desert and now with a new meaning for Blood Moon. If Tina is Bette’s kryptonite, then certainty Bette is Tina’s superhero with her strong heart of love for her. Bette in bed with cowboy boots – what a great image! Thank you!
It’s interesting, disturbing and sad that the abuse of your girls is so pervasive. In every culture, in every town…it does not discriminate..But, on a lighter note., love the imagery…Bette and Mary “packing” knives.makes me chuckle, totally hilarious ! So BB…… When’s Tina going to get her cowgirl boots? She and Bette can really do the ole western knocking of the boots! lol.
Blackbird I totally agree. For some reason I cannot understand why Ilene never explored Tina’s background and made her the way she is. We saw everyone and their family but we never saw Tina’s. Im not sure if Ilene was hoping for the series to continue to finally introduce Tina’s family at the so called wedding that the fans were hoping. Which is why I thought S6 to me was a poor reflection of the show….and than those silly interrogation tapes…..Maybe what Tina said may explain why she did what she did to this day Im still trying to understand.
So interesting how you have woven Tina’s tragic past of childhood abuse into the Navajo festival experience and later the campfire tales for Tina.. The ability to compartmentalize the abuse to the recesses of memory is a recurring theme in victims of childhood abuse, especially sexual abuse – it is how they survive. A simple event or smell or sound can trigger the waterfall of memories and emotions from the abuse at any time. The fallout is either self-destruction or healing and growth – let’s hope for Tina it will be the latter. This is such a difficult subject and taboo in many cultures – thank you for bringing it to light. I never really understood why Tina’s past was left as an afterthought in the interrogation tapes. It explains so much of who she is and why she has done what she has.. This is wonderful that you are giving Tina more depth of character with having to deal with her past.. This will be hard to read and likely much more difficult to create. I applaud your effort to do this justice.. Thank you!
“How long did these trials go on for, Mary?” I had asked.
“Over ten years if you count their requests for new trials. Maxine always had those hanging over her head, too, until the last of the old Gambino guard was locked away for good.”
“And Jimmy the Stone is Mother’s age, seventy-three,” I had concluded. “If he’s still alive he’s had thirty years to find her and he hasn’t yet.”
The coast Joyce, Mary and more importantly, Tina and I, had all agreed looked clear. Now I was on airplane flying to New Mexico without her.
Hey Bird, I went back to find the selected sentences from past chapters to let the ladies remember that Mary Hardy was now safe as was Bette, Tina and Angie. Most of the ‘Family’ was dead or locked away for good in Kentucky. All is well for Mary Hardy to visit LA!
I’m with bumsue here, there is no danger for Mary Hardy to visit LA! Anyway her priorities now as a Grandmother in her seventies will be getting to know her daughter and her partner and, of course, Angelica! Believe me, I know!
I agree also that it was a shame that IC did not give Tina more character and I would also say she missed a lot of opportunities to flesh out Angelica. You’re not restricted here Blackbird and, I know, you have the talent as a storyteller and a writer to entertain us royally in this meeting in the Desert and afterwards in LA!
Looking forward to the continuing Season 7 and I think all of us are happy to think that season 6 did not happen but was just a nightmare that we all happened to experience!
It was a wonderful surprise for Tina to see her love coming out from under an old truck with overalls on and a smile on her face, showing her that her alpha Bette is changing and softening as time moves forward. A nice encounter with Angie and her grandmother as they meet; it was a sweet moment.
The bathroom scene was an interesting one in that the words Tina used in letting Bette know that she was happy that she’d come after viewing the tub and scenery caused Bette to be suspicious that Tina really didn’t want to be there, perhaps? But Tina is able to use the right phrasing and intimacy to negate Bette’s fears and let her know that truly she is where is wants to be.
It’s fun to watch Bette get into aspects of her mother’s life that she also enjoys, driving the old pickup, learning how to fix it, shooting her six-shooter and using her knife. Her gift to her mother the perfect one.
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Blood Moon Rising was a great read. I really enjoy Bette & her Mother’s interactions. Tina’s introduction to her was perfect. Their day trip to the festival was interesting. In the truck talking about who in Tina’s family would be coming to their wedding, you could tell it struck a nerve. Then when she went off on her own to the tents you could feel that she was overwhelmed & that panic had overcome her there, it all came flooding back to her how her sister had taken advantage of her by raping her all those times. Very sad, I hope she gets a chance to kick her sister’s ass.
And Bette’s boots in bed. That was hysterical… great comic relief. And the picture illustrations are fantastic. I can’t wait for the next chapter!! You get better and better at writing Blackbird!!
This chapter was cute and funny at the same time. I really enjoyed it. I love the pictures are beautiful!
I’m looking forward to the next chapter.
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Where do I begin…you captivated me once again with your writing. First my fav line is “Completely could not have been further from how I ever would’ve pictured a reunion with my mother.” Bette.
Didn’t see coming Tina’s sister as the sexual abuser in this story line. Will placed timing in letting us
know; with the Navajo festival campfire story.. Wind & animals that moved & howled in the night as
Tina & Bette made love..#perfect scenerio as background setting..Yes, we are all enjoying the
cowboy boots Bette is wearing the whole time at her mother’s…Thanks once again. Holding my breathe for the next chapter..Lillian BB
Finally caught up! Nice work weaving Tina’s past into the Navajo festival. Having worked with many Navajo as well as having many students come down to my college from the rez, I can say from my point of view that you have captured that culture nicely and with respect.
I’ve really liked where you’ve taken this story and look forward to the next installment. Although I might get a month behind in reading, I promise to catch up eventually.
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