My name is Lew Wentz.
I am a 68 year old gay criminal defense lawyer. I have been keeping journals for 46 years. I am writing a book based on the journals.
I came out as a gay man in 1984. I was married to a woman then. I left the marriage after telling her I was gay.
My younger sister, Zoe, who I was very close to, died rather suddenly of pancreatic cancer in May of 2023. She gave me permission to blog the last two weeks of her life. Those blogs run from May 1 to May 14, 2023.
I journaled my journey through the turbulent 1980's and 1990's. During that time, I was pretty vocal about being gay. I volunteered to help people with aids through their illness and death. And, I believe because of this, I was fired from my job as a deputy Public Defender in Modesto California. I also documented the 12 year relationship I had with my partner, Jim, who died in 2009.
I wrote pretty much daily about these events and many others. I never intended for the entries to be made public. But, I now think they should be, as they weave what I believe to be our common story of what it's been like to be out, human and gay in the past four decades.
And, as I journaled, I developed ideas and ways to journal and wrote about them in the journals. I discuss the impact journaling has had on me. And, the amazing revelation reviewing journal entries for the blog and book of just how incredible our lives have been. Memory fades. The journal details do not.
My hope is that , after reading the blogs, and maybe some day the book, you too will become addicted to journaling. Your life on paper will amaze you down the line.
My blog turned one year old on February 5, 2024.
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I kind of stumbled my way through this one and missed a LOT of the exposition, but it's fine because at the end of the day everyone was saved! I think!
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I had a dream that jerma finally did the mac and cheese tier list stream but the whole time he was dressed exactly like queen elizabeth and spoke in a british cockney accent. the stream was turned off after he spilled a teacup of boiling cheese on his lap and singed his balls. chat regarded this as the worst jerma stream of all time
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I wanted "peace," to be left alone in my underground world. Real life oppressed me with its novelty so much that I could hardly breathe.
Fyodor Dostoevsky, Notes from Underground
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Dogstomp #3170 - September 5th
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Journal des Dames et des Modes, Costume Parisien, 5 mai 1822, (2065): Chapeau de bois blanc, orné de fleurs et de feuilles en plumes. Robe de gros d'été. Collection of the Rijksmuseum, Netherlands
Standing woman dressed in a 'gros d'été' dress. On the head a white hat decorated with flowers and feathers. Further accessories: belt with buckle and chain(?), handkerchief, shoe. The print is part of the fashion magazine Journal des Dames et des Modes, published by Pierre de la Mésangère, Paris, 1797-1839.
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1/24/2024
i wanted to show off my hobonichi 5-year techo !! i don't think i'm going to get a separate cover for it because the cover itself is already nice and smooth. as you can tell, my entries are super boring but this is what my daily life looks like (peaceful and boring)...
🎶: I LOVE YOU by Western Kite (웨스턴 카잇)
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