Thalictrum rochebruneanum is the lengthy scientific name for what is more commonly known as lavender mist meadow ...
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Lavender Mist Beginnings
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Final indicator of attaining full adulthood: talking bowel movements with the besties in a painstakingly-detailed group text. ...
Spanish lavender is not reliably hardy in these rough winter parts, but their blooms are so enchanting ...
Somewhere in the gauzy shadowed world of Blanche DuBois, this song was sung in her thin, slightly ...
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.

