Two pictures taken from above and looking below on two parallel streets leading to the Hudson River ...
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Looking Down on an Albany Afternoon
17 Jun, 2026
One entire perennial plant disappeared overnight, chewed down to the ground with nary a leaf left behind. ...
Pink Abstract
16 Jun, 2026
Truth be told, I don’t recall what this is actually a picture of – looks like something ...
When I feel alone, yeahI always wanna bring you near‘Cause you bring a smile right hereYou chase ...
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.

