Penny Sterling

I’ve never caught a foul ball. Never. Which is weird, since I’ve gone to so many baseball games. I’ve picked up a few that have rattled around seats, of cour...

Hi! I'm Penny.I'd like to talk to you about the editorial cartoon you posted last Friday. In case you've already forgotten which one, let's take a look: Ooh....

This April will mark the 18th anniversary of the Columbine High School Massacre. This means we've raised an entire generation that has had training on how to...

I just looked up when the Sandy Hook shooting took place: 2012. The webpage mentioned the age of the kids in the school: they were mostly 6 and 7. This means...

Oh hey here's a question I need to start asking sooner: "Are you married?" You'd think I'd learn. But I apparently don't. It's happened so many times I've go...

I'm in this coffeeshop, see? And I'm supposed to be writing the story of my life Because that's what I want my life to be I want my life to be the story of m...

Small things mean a lot. I decided to come to this coffee house to do some writing for a show. I pulled into the parking lot, where an older man (older? Hell...

I'm white and trans and I came out approximately the same time as Caitlyn Jenner, and we're only 10 years apart in age, which is a significantly smaller peri...

In the middle of all the outrage and heartbreak that's around us and filling our social media and news feeds it feels somehow wrong to be sharing joy. So may...

In October 2017 I did a TEDx talk at St. John Fisher College in Pittsford, NY. The theme of the talk was "Revealing the Invisible." This is the script of tha...

Fred was awake yesterday at 5 am, on the subway at 6:30, and at the URTA auditions before 8. Just like on Saturday, he did his five minutes of work, and then...

We're reviving one of our old family holiday traditions today: Slug Day! This is a tradition as old as VHS, where the family gathered 'round our old 36" (mea...

My ex-wife and her best friend have been best friends since they were 3. That's an impressive streak. And they have always spent time with each other on Chri...

Am I too old for houndstooth miniskirts and fuzzy sweaters? I don't care. I will wear them because I want to. I like the way I look and feel in this. There's...

In response to the Facebook post (since deleted) that Judge Bill O'Neil wrote bragging about his sexual exploits in defense of Senator Al Franken (yeah, that...