Some songs strike at the very heart we try so hard to protect, hitting right through the ...
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Abiding Cowboy Love
24 Oct, 2026
The sad truth is that I gave up on this banana tree when it refused to stay ...
When a cowboy gets thrown down, they always get back up. Well, almost always. Death or mangled limbs ...
Things Half in Shadow, Things Half in Light
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“Men have called me mad; but the question is not yet settled, whether madness is or is ...
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.

