My UnGay World

I don’t live in a closet, but sometimes, I feel as if I live under a rock. You know, when your Spouse remains constantly ill, you lose awareness of all things around you other than him.

Some recent conversations with friends made me realize, though, that even if Spouse were not so ill, I still do not think much about being gay or doing…
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That Fateful Day

Two years ago today was a typical Tuesday. I had a lot of work to do at the office and I was looking forward to another productive day.

The weather was mild and dry. Great day for my six-mile commute to work via Harley!

I dressed in business casual attire, and selected a favorite pair of black Chippewa harness boots to wear to work.

I entered the garage, opened the door, and felt …
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No Rolling, Lots of Thunder

Every year this weekend, the “Rolling Thunder” motorcycle event occurs (the Sunday of Memorial Day weekend.) Bikers ride to the parking lot of the Pentagon building in Arlington, Virginia, then ride into Washington, DC, along a route that swings by the U.S. Capitol Building, the White House, then ends at the Vietnam Veteran’s Memorial (near the Lincoln Memorial.)

I have ridden on this ride several times, but years ago. Why not now?
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Sad Lesson About the State of Affairs

I love my country, the United States of America. However, I am increasingly appalled at the divisive attitudes espoused and encouraged by The Great Orange One, otherwise referred to on this blog as the DIC*.

Rather than hold up a sign and exhaust myself “marching” in the streets of our capital city, where these marches happen almost weekly with no results, I take direct and contributive action.

With hate-filled and misguided concerns about people in my community who practice non-Christian religions or who speak languages other than English…
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