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Way back when I was planning this website over two decades ago, blogs were relatively new. I ...

Some plants whisper. Some plants shout. And some plants scream and stomp and smash the senses until they gain ...

My niece and nephew were inducted into the National Honor Society last week, so I wanted to ...

It’s one of the best weeks in the garden, as most of our peonies are in full ...

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.