NOVEMBER FROST

It was the perfect day. Today I awoke to a beautiful foggy, frost laden morning. I love a foggy morning, but when they occur in the autumn, they are especially pretty and peaceful.

And looks like my last rose and cassia have been numbered.

THREE LITTLE INDIANS

 I came across this today from a Thanksgiving from yester year...

from 1st Grade!!!!!

This was the Mistress, and if I recall, my little friends then Stephanie and Mindy. Even then the Mistress was apparently fond of headdresses. Should have seen drag in my future then.

SLEIGHER

This past season at the Woods, I had the pleasure of meeting and getting to know a fierce new queen, Sleigher. Here is yet another queen who is taking drag and making it her own, with creativity and concepts off the hook. Sleigher hails from Reading PA and is quite fun to be around up at the Woods, and finally participating this season in the Miss Woods Pageant and winning! Yet another example of our local queens making a splash with their style and doing it on their own. Sleigher is known as the living rag doll. Not only are her performances and ensembles creative, but she is the first queen I know and have seen making her wigs all from nothing more than yarn!!! Now that is pretty damn cool. Sleigher along with the current newly crowned Mr. Leather Woods, will now tour together to put on some good shows and spread the word about the Woods. How great that two genres of the LGBTQ come together to do shows?  And if your so inclined give Sleigher a follow. She's spooky, kinky, haunting and flaunting.

Here's a small snippet from State College, PA of Sleigher cutting up with Jason, Mr. Woods Leather and Mr. Mid Atlantic Leather. HUBBA! HUBBA!

GRANDE DAME

 

Now when I talk about legendary queens, old school drag, and over the top ensembles, hair and performance...Dena Cass is what I'm talking about. This is the type of drag I was used to seeing when I came into drag. Dena Cass is the pageant legend, winning various acclaimed titles ever since the early 90's. However, it is not her crowns that put Dena in the drag hall of fame, but rather her creativeness and talent with her rather impressive lip-syncs and performances. She was the first to have the routine of "transforming" herself right before our eyes with her well-known number in which she gets in full drag in under 5 minutes all while lip syncing to Dame Shirley Bassey's This is My Life. This routine alone has garnered national and international fame for decades, and probably most drag queens are familiar with the performance. And henny, Dena doesn't need all the time like Ru girls in the dressing room getting ready. Dena Cass is what drag was originally all about, and she still is fierce and stunning looking. To this day, her performance of this still gives me chills.