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Tracie and Matthew

Posted on July 5, 2015 by annierhodeisland

Moonie’s first-ever outing since coming into my life was seeing Cardboard Ox, a wonderful duet consisting of Tracie Potochnik and Steve Allain, and he’s adored both Tracie and Steve ever since. So he was overjoyed to catch Tracie not once but TWICE a couple of Saturdays ago.

First, Tracie joined some friends singing backup for Heather Rose in Clover at Rhode Island PrideFest, where Moonie also got to hang out with Tracie’s partner, Matthew Clowney. Matthew is a talented photographer and videographer and is on the faculty at RISD. He also recently completed a very cool project called the Trans Family Photo Gallery, which is a traveling art exhibit for children, designed to spark conversations, about a family with a transgendered grandparent. Matthew was pretty nice about letting Moonie help him record the live music at Pride, even if the headphones were a little big for Moonie.

Moonie says they fit just fine.

Pride Day Cake

Posted on June 20, 2015 by annierhodeisland

PrideFest, as far as Moonie is concerned, is a holiday. And holidays, as he will be sure to tell you, require cakes.

So he decorated his very own PRIDE cake.

And then dove right into it.

Pride Day

Posted on June 20, 2015 by annierhodeisland

Today is Rhode Island’s PrideFest, promising a whole afternoon of music and mayhem followed by New England’s only illuminated PRIDE night parade.

Moonie, ever the rainbow lover, has been looking forward to this for weeks.

Catch him volunteering at the LGBT Center’s booth early afternoon before heading to watch Heather Rose in Clover. Chances are he’ll have eaten the barrette by then – he keeps mistaking it for candy – but with his pink hair he’ll still be in colorful form.