The DU Lounge

I'd been lurking for about a year, and one spring afternoon decided to sign up. Yardwork seemed like a good name. To me it represents grassroots activism and volunteer efforts.

An unintended consequence is that a lot of DUers seem to assume I'm a man - a beer drinking, mower riding, football loving dude. Then they find out I'm a lesbian and the stereotypes fly.

This is actually kind of hilarious, as I'm a petite (well, used to be - I'm still short but am now wider!), not at all athletic, girly girl. I do like watching football with my sons, but I prefer wine or a vintage cocktail to beer, have never mowed a lawn (riding or not), and until COVID usually got dressed up for work, including heels and makeup. People who don't know me on DU often refer to me as "quiet and calm."

I kind of love my DU name and all the ways folks respond to it.