“August rain: the best of the summer gone, and the new fall not yet born. The odd uneven time.” – Sylvia Plath
ONCE UPON A TIME
ONCE WHEN YOU WERE MINE
I REMEMBER SKIES
REFLECTED IN YOUR EYES
I WONDER WHERE YOU ARE
I WONDER IF YOU THINK ABOUT ME
ONCE UPON A TIME
IN YOUR WILDEST DREAMS…
Ahh, August…
Final full month of summer…
Renaissance of sun… but briefly.
Water and light and re-birth…
And in my case, first birth.
Or 44th in this particular year. Here we go…
Guy candy: Tom Daley and Niles Wilson pose for a hunky twofer.
This is only a Dad bod if you’re Nick Jonas.
Taylor Swift swung back into our good graces.
Cristiano Ronaldo in his underwear.
Summer has its own moral dilemmas. (I did not do well with this particular test…)
Chris Evans presents America’s Ass.
Star of the summer garden: the voluptuous fig!
After the Sun healing by the Beekman Boys.
ONCE THE WORLD WAS NEW
OUR BODIES FELT THE MORNING DEW
THAT GREETS THE BRAND NEW DAY
WE COULDN’T TEAR OURSELVES AWAY
I WONDER IF YOU CARE
I WONDER IF YOU STILL REMEMBER
ONCE UPON A TIME
IN YOUR WILDEST DREAMS
Summer Sunday cocktail fueled by Campari.
This summer visit by dear friends I’ve had for over three decades was a seasonal highlight.
The summer of the Mac-Haydn Theater continued with their impressive production of ‘Ragtime’ – and we wined and dined in grand fashion to make a night of it.
A summer lobster roll, Albany-style.
A pocket of paradise by the pool – a perfect place in which to read.
A Madonna birthday celebrated in link-filled fashion.
Once upon a promise – posted.
Such a little vase, such a little fern.
AND WHEN THE MUSIC PLAYS
AND WHEN THE WORDS ARE TOUCHED WITH SORROW
WHEN THE MUSIC PLAYS
I HEAR THE SOUND I HAD TO FOLLOW
ONCE UPON A TIME…
A bulging hunkfest: #bulge #hunks #gratuitousnudity #malenudity #nakedmales.
For my birthday, a new kind of birthday suit.
And my old-fashioned birthday suit. #kissmyass
Sound the trumpets of angels.
A love letter to Betty Buckley, because she was so amazing in ‘Hello, Dolly!’ and whatever she decides to do.
When flowers race to beat the brisk fall.
Maybe I’m just a grumpy old man. [Shrugs.]
What the fig? A happy ending!
My work anniversary – and a hint of something to come.
We spent my birthday in Boston this year – a low-key weekend, but a very happy one. It started on this glorious note and ended on this one. Another trip around the sun began…
The lazy hazy Hunks of August included Daniel Matsunaga, Lionel Messi, BJ Gruber, John Lloyd Young, Joshua Benoit, Tyler Cameron, Jericho Rosales, Preston Brock, Tom Hetherington, Erwan Heussaff, Danny Walters, William McLarnon, Rome Flynn, Craig Ramsay, Giovanni Bonamy, George Hill, Jay Ellis, Jax Taylor, Travis Wall, Blake McGrath, Chuando Tan, Richard Fleeshman,
ONCE BENEATH THE STARS
THE UNIVERSE WAS OURS
LOVE WAS ALL WE KNEW
AND ALL I KNEW WAS YOU
I WONDER IF YOU KNOW
I WONDER IF YOU THINK ABOUT IT
ONCE UPON A TIME
IN YOUR WILDEST DREAMS
“Every year, the bright Scandinavian summer nights fade without anyone’s noticing. One evening in August you have an errand outdoors, and all of a sudden it’s pitch-black. It is still summer, but the summer is no longer alive.” ~ Tove Jansson
{See also Part One and Part Two.}
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