Tired of the push and pull that has been this spring – never deciding whether it wants ...
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Lilac Not Everlasting
13 Jun, 2026
Rain makes for a damn good song. We finally got some badly-needed wet stuff the other night – ...
A Snippet of a Convo with Skip
12 Jun, 2026
ME: Turn out my car needs four new brakes. How many brakes does a car even have? SKIP: ...
Some people are just effortlessly cool. Willie Nelson. Stevie Nicks. Johnny Cash. They exude the personality and heart to defiantly be ...
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.

