The first of September entered with a rainstorm – all of the night and much of the ...
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September Rain
03 Sep, 2026
I didn’t post this – somebody else did – and I love it. School’s back in session ...
Always around this time of the year, the shift from outdoors to inside happens – and truth ...
Dazzler of the Day: Brad Goreski
02 Sep, 2026
Injecting a bit of fashionable brilliance into this feature, Brad Goreski is today’s Dazzler of the Day. ...
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.

