Having reached a certain age, and having heard the horror stories of a certain number of people ...
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Felled By A Shot, Soup to Save the Soul
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Work hard, play harder – such is the mantra of certain cowboys, the ones who go for ...
While the red-leaved Japanese maple got all the glory this morning, this afternoon belongs to the coral ...
Sunlight through the leaves of a Japanese maple tree is one of my favorite sights – recompense ...
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.

