https://drsusanblock.com Dr. Susan Block's Journal Thu, 18 Jun 2026 02:48:12 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 https://drsusanblock.com/max-collage-stroke-death https://drsusanblock.com/max-collage-stroke-death#comments Thu, 30 Apr 2026 07:39:05 +0000 https://drsusanblock.com/?p=175832 by Dr. Susan Block. Now tumbling down the hill of time in an avalanche of emotion is the first anniversary of Max’s death. It’s been a year of immeasurable loss, bottomless grief, sleepless nights, vivid memories, strange and somewhat comforting rituals – ashes to ashes, stroke to smoke – Bonoboville gatherings and art therapy since […]]]> https://drsusanblock.com/max-collage-stroke-death/feed 22 https://drsusanblock.com/go-bonobos-2026 https://drsusanblock.com/go-bonobos-2026#comments Thu, 01 Jan 2026 17:04:59 +0000 https://drsusanblock.com/?p=175706 by Dr. Susan Block. Happy New Year, Brothers and Sisters, Lovers and Sinners… though frankly, I’m not too happy about it. Old 2024 may have been an Annus Horribilis, but 2025 marked The End. Finis for me. That is, on Tuesday, May 13, 2025, my beloved husband of 33 years, publisher, producer, muse, witness, sweetheart, […]]]> https://drsusanblock.com/go-bonobos-2026/feed 26 https://drsusanblock.com/cremating-max https://drsusanblock.com/cremating-max#comments Thu, 03 Jul 2025 20:32:52 +0000 https://drsusanblock.com/?p=175202 by Dr. Susan Block. We cremated my beloved Capt’n Max’s beautiful body last week. I was not ready for that. I wasn’t (and still am not) ready for anything – certainly not for life without my darling husband of 33 years, a friend of 40, my witness, my partner, my great love, my Prince Maximillian […]]]> https://drsusanblock.com/cremating-max/feed 50 https://drsusanblock.com/rip-max https://drsusanblock.com/rip-max#comments Thu, 15 May 2025 04:37:23 +0000 https://drsusanblock.com/?p=170313   by Dr. Susan Block. Max is gone. My Great Love left his beautiful, long-suffering body yesterday at about noon PST, though I’m not sure of the exact time because I was crying too much to notice. Honestly, I am crying too much to post this, but I want to honor my darling Mickey now […]]]> https://drsusanblock.com/rip-max/feed 113 https://drsusanblock.com/fdr-sex-death-birth-pride https://drsusanblock.com/fdr-sex-death-birth-pride#comments Tue, 08 Jun 2021 03:04:08 +0000 https://drsusanblock.com/?p=94475 Length 01:28:27  Date: June 5, 2021 by Dr. Susan Block.  It’s Pride Month (gay, the Bonobo Way!), the third Anniversary of the Speakeasy Journal and coming up on another spin around the sun for my corporeal package. No, we’re not celebrating my birthday yet. I’m hanging onto my youth as long as I can! So, […]]]> https://drsusanblock.com/fdr-sex-death-birth-pride/feed 17