Chris Housman is crowned Dazzler of the Day thanks to a country music career of unprecedented courage ...
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Dazzler of the Day: Chris Housman
27 Sep, 2026
“Day by day and night by night we were together – all else has long been forgotten ...
The Corn/Harvest Moon
26 Sep, 2026
The full moon arrives today. Called the Harvest Moon or Corn Moon for self-explanatory reasons, it’s the ...
Walking after midnight is not solely the province or habit of cowboys or country-western folk; many nights ...
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.

