STERKWORKS | Ex-Mormon Lesbian Surviving Utah

Sterkworks is a middle-aged ex-Mormon living in Utah. As a single lesbian mother, with an all Mormon family, she delights in all of the oddities that surround her. Sterkworks loves all things history, photography, marketing, SEO, SEM, and is a wanna-be nerd. 

My family, all Mormon except my daughter and me, whom I refer to often, consists of:

• Daughter - the reason I live, born in 1995, promises me she won’t be an evil teen
• Mom - the celestial kingdom was meant for this woman
• Dad - has written a book that actually lists the date that Jesus will return to the earth
• Aunt J - my mother’s retarded sister who has been living with my parents since my grandmother died in 1995
• Sister - always there for me; has weenie gag-a-phobia
• Fishbone - brother-in-law; regrets sister’s weenie gag-a-phobia
• Swimming Pool Brother - travels a lot for work, gets BIG commissions and lets us all use his new pool
• Homophobe Brother - stay at home dad; wife is Controller of a large bank
• Rich Brother - takes his tithing check each year directly to the church office building because he got sick of the ward clerk teasing him about how much money he makes.
• Bella, my fantastic 2007 Passat Wagon
• Piper, the cat whose home in which daughter and I are allowed to live.

Favorite places in the world:

• Oude Kerk (Old Church), Amsterdam
• Granary Cemetery, Boston
• Cemeteries in general
• Bed from 10pm to 6am, 8am on weekends
• Canyons, mountains, deserts
• Anyplace really old

Must watch TV:

• Dexter
• Mad Men
• True Blood
• 30 Rock
• The Daily Show
• Rachel Maddow
• Colbert Report
• Family Guy

Favorite movies:

• The Lion in Winter ( 1968 )
• Dr. Zhivago
• But I’m A Cheerleader
• Desert Hearts
• The Hunger
• The Children’s Hour
• The Killing of Sister George (pure kitsch)
• Everything in subtitles with Juilette Binoche

Favorite things to do after 10pm with my clothes still on (lets face it, I always have my clothes on):

• Drink Merlot or Shiraz
• Blog and Twitter
• Catch up on my DVR selections
• Wonder where in the hell the day went

Favorite people in the whole world:

• my daughter
• my sister
• any future girlfriend

Things I would like to do when I find the time and money:

• Learn Old English, Middle English, Latin, and/or Spanish
• Visit Turin, Italy, everywhere in Great Britain, and St. Petersburg

Email: sterk [at] sterkworks [dot] comTwitter: twitter.com/sterkworks Flickr: flickr.com/photos/sterkworks