Jessica Wicks
My blogs
| Gender | Female |
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| Location | Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States |
| Introduction | My name is Jessica. My life has been an amazing set of twists and turns. Born in 1947, raised in East Texas in the early fifties, a gay and transgender child trying to survive, I've found my way to inner peace, love, and a life of joy despite incredible difficulties along the way. I've lots of stories to tell, and one way to tell the story is in blogs. So, as we say in Hebrew, Hineni. Here I am. |
| Interests | Writing, Archaeology, History, Judaica, Spirituality, LGBTQ Issues, Photography |
| Favorite movies | When Night is Falling, It's In the Water, Rent, Fiddler on the Roof, Yentl, When Boys Cry |
| Favorite music | Music from the Sephardic and Ashkenazi migrations, Protest songs, Various classical works by Beethoven, Mozart etc, The Kaddish Symphony by Bernstein, works by Ralph Vaughn Williams and Delius, Rock, folk, New Orleans Blues, Yamma Ensemble |
| Favorite books | Most anything by Chaim Potok, The Weight of Ink by Rachel Kadish, The Hebrew Bible, The Zohar, Between the World and Me by Ta Nehisi Coates, So so many others |