This is where I’ll be spending the day. Come back later. Peruse these summer songs. Take a day. Touch the ...
Latest blog posts
Out Pooling
11 Jul, 2026
The intense heat of last week threatened to melt away all the golden trappings of this Solid ...
Embodying Golden Splendor
10 Jul, 2026
“I know I am but summer to your heart, and not the full four seasons of the ...
Hummingbirds love these deep-throated salvia blooms – because who doesn’t enjoy a deep-throat experience? I’ve planted several ...
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.

