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A Misunderstanding Between Friends—In Honor of Hutchmoot #2

I’ve never seen Star Wars. Maybe let’s start there. So when, at Hutchmoot, late on Saturday night, as I was sitting next to Jennifer Trafton-Peterson watching a reader’s theatre Shakespearean adaptation of the beloved science fiction classic, ‘Verily, A New Hope,’ I was bit lost.

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A kink in the armor.

When you move and are made to pack up your entire life into cardboard, you begin to discover how much crap you really own: black lace-up Vans with suede flames stitched to the sides, half a dozen old film canisters carefully and insanely filled with pencil ferrules, two copies of the ‘Beauty and the Beast’ soundtrack.

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In Honor of Hutchmoot

It’s been nearly two years now that I’ve been out of the closet, all the way out, I mean. I was acutely aware of the truth that I was gay as a 9-year-old boy who loved spending his afternoons watching ‘My Little Pony’ and making homemade strawberry cupcakes to bring to school.

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Mr. John Cal

 A “John of all trades,” John Cal works as a writer, speaker, and chef, but has dabbled as an Event Planner, Dance Aerobics Instructor, Baker, Programming Director, Food Consultant & Instructor, and Professional Ukuleleist. 

Born in Hawaii, he studied English with an emphasis in Speech and Writing at Union College in Lincoln, Nebraska. He has since called Pacific Northwest home for the last 15 years. 

A bowtie and postcard enthusiast, John is recently spent a year ambling the country with his Clumber Spaniel Lucy in a vintage 13' Scamp Trailer.

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