Janet Mason, author

CINNAMON Reviewed-- a place to live safely #animalrights #plantbased #amreading

Heartfelt, Thought-Provoking, and hopeful… Mason’s compelling latest novel lays bare the quiet yet relentless struggle for freedom within the heart of a dairy farm, where survival and empathy collide in the bond between a cow and her conflicted farmer. Wary of her fate, Cinnamon, a talking cow, hesitantly befriends Jody, the farmer who “owns” her, hoping this bond might bring freedom. read more ... https://wix.to/lPCxkWb

Connecting past and present -- Sappho, a woman alone #amreading #LGBTQ #poetry

In the interest of continuing to connect my past with my present, I am posting a poem from my collection a woman alone that I wrote twenty-five years ago when I was on a pilgrimage to the poet Sappho's homeland in Lesvos, Greece. read more .... https://wix.to/iKKhw8X

...a ceaseless rhythmic tramp—the tread of hundreds and thousands marching through history -- Tea Leaves revisited for #LGBTHistoryMonth #amreading #mothers

My mother told me that when she was a girl that my grandmother would tell her stories about her own childhood. Her favorite stories were about the People’s Theater... read more ... https://wix.to/WvUkNLJ

What do Ishtar, the Bible, and Intersex Twins have to do with #LGBTHistory? Everything, a brief excerpt of THEY #amreading

"So this is what the Goddess Ishtar looks like." Tabitha held the bas-relief on her lap so that it faced the children. "She's NAKED!" exclaimed Zerah. “Just like in the story. And she's really pretty. She looks just like you Mama -- when you wash -- except her breasts are bigger." "And you don't have wings," chimed in Pharez. "Wait a minute. Where's her penis?" read more ... https://wix.to/aSfZvC8

Saving ourselves with history--#lgbthistorymonth every month #amreading #lgbtq

In the end, it was Linda who saved her. She started coming to visit when Art was in the County Jail. Art still remembered their first visit with the glass window between them when Linda was fighting back tears. Linda said that she left Tommy after he told her he and Cal set Art up the first time she had been busted. read more.... https://wix.to/aXZHyDk