Goldenrod, scientifically named Solidago, gets its common name from the golden flower clusters atop stiff stems that ...
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Rods Carrying Gold
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It was April 2nd when the Cowboy first ambled by the store that my great grandfather opened ...
Cowboy Take Me Away
10 Oct, 2026
Cameron Hawthorn gives a poignant and quietly powerful take on ‘Cowboy Take Me Away’ originally performed by ...
Fall doesn’t usually arrive exactly according to the calendar that we humans have tried so valiantly to ...
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.

