This pair of magenta blooms is currently lighting up the garden – the first is a brilliant ...
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Magenta Magnificence
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The 2nd Night of Summer, Per Tradition
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Throwing me that shade like I’m not cool enough… Only one song will do for this day – ...
Only the second day of summer is at hand, and we are already recapping things, which means ...
About Alan Ilagan
Alan Bennett Ilagan is a blogger who resides in upstate New York. A graduate of Brandeis University, Ilagan has been published in Instinct, xy magazine, Windy City Times, Q Northeast, Metroland, commUNITY, and ‘The Project for a New Mythology.’ He has been profiled in Unzipped, Genre, Diversity Rules! Magazine, and Upstate Magazine. From 2008 to 2012 he served as manager of the Romaine Brooks Gallery at the Pride Center of the Capital Region. He and his husband Andy were married in 2010 and remain happily unburdened by children. His website has been up since 2003, making it one of the longest running personal blogs.

