A promise is something I take very seriously, so here is the fulfillment of the promise to ...
Latest blog posts
Friday Night Floral Follow-up
07 Aug, 2026
How dare they call this a “gown“. And how dare they suggest a shingles shot to me. (Of course, ...
Now that the sun has tinged me with some color, and I’ve decided not to throw in ...
Once You Had Gold
06 Aug, 2026
Wistful longing coupled with bittersweet glimmers of regret, summer vacillates in the night, unable or simply refusing ...
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.

