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New: Confusion and Frustration vs Clarity and Understanding
So many "things QUEER" are currently up for discussion and attack that I find I am overwhelmed
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New: Confusion and Frustration vs Clarity and Understanding
So many "things QUEER" are currently up for discussion and attack that I find I am overwhelmed
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New: More About Giovanni's Room―By James Baldwin
Michael’s Timeline Intro
Jan 12
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BONUS POST―NEW: Happy 50th Anniversary My Dear Husband―January 10
Even though it has been ten years since he passed, I continue to mourn and to remember.
Jan 10
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New: Assemblages
An art form that could take over your life
Jan 9
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New: Other Places I Would Love To Live
I love my condo and am grateful for what I have but ...
Jan 5
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BONUS POST―New: Gay New Year’s Resolutions Are Anything But
I have never written New Year’s Resolutions but rather try to review my life all year long. These changes can be anything but fun or gay (pun intended).
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New: Reminiscing On My Teaching Days
Maybe these beginning snowy winter December days is the cause
Jan 2
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New: Fixing the Wax Seal in My Guest Room Toilet
A female plumber showed up on my doorstep
Dec 29, 2025
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Published Elsewhere
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Previously Published Elsewhare: Can We LGBTQ People Still Find Joy in These Dark Times?
When so many of us feel like we are drowning?
Jan 14
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Previously Published Elsewhere: South Pacific: A Fun, GAY Experience
It was my husband‘s and my favorite movie … and I know why!
Jan 7
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PreviouslyPublished Elsewhere: Dementia Doesn’t Discriminate Against LGBTQ! Nor Does Any Catastrophic Illness
Tips To Help You Support Your Partner
Dec 31, 2025
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Previously Published Elsewhere: This Gay Jewish Buddhist Man Can’t Get Enough Christmas
Parts I & II
Dec 24, 2025
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Previously Published Elsewhere: A Gay Flashback — The Early Days of Gregory & Michael
From a song melody or lyric, from the taste of cookies fresh out of the oven, and in this case from a sign post on the road
Dec 17, 2025
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Previously Published Elsewhere: Gay Old Disco Times 70s & 80s: Part II
At the University of Illinois in Champaign/Urbana, Illinois, and in Chicago
Dec 10, 2025
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BONUS POST: ALZHEIMER'S: A Love Story―A Documentary Film & Link to "QStack".
“Good Grieving: Doing it correctly … doing it your own way!”
Dec 3, 2025
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Previously Published Elsewhere: Gay Old Disco Times 1980s: Part I
My first time at Studio 54 in New York City was when the Windy City Gay Chorus sang with a number of other gay choruses at Lincoln Center.
Nov 26, 2025
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Photographs
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Photographs: A Mexico Travel Diary―Puerto Villarta, MX 2008
Gregory and I used to visit PV almost every winter from 2000 - 2010.
Jan 15
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Photographs: Japanese Sumi-e Paintings
Japanese Sumi-e Paintings
Jan 8
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Photographs: Happy New Year
Hope your (our) 2026 is better than the horrors being perpetrated by the current United States administration and their cronies!
Jan 1
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Photographs: Christmas
Wishing you and yours a Merry Christmas
Dec 25, 2025
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Photographs: Ted's Fruit Market
It always seemed to be "in season" at Ted's in Chicago
Dec 18, 2025
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Photographs: On Arriving Home
Taken at the time with my newly purchased fish-eye lens
Dec 18, 2025
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Photographs: Orchids
Chicago Botanic Garden
Dec 11, 2025
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Photographs: Wrightwood 659 Art Museum in Chicago
Wrightwood 659 is an exhibition space, opened in Chicago in 2019, conceived for the presentation of architecture and socially engaged art.
Dec 4, 2025
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Collections
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Collections: Engish Toby Jugs
The American Toby Jug Museum, now permanently closed, was located in Evanston, Illinois, and housed more than 8,000 Toby and Character jugs across 97…
Jan 13
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Collections: Lego Botanicals
Mary, Mary, Quite Contrary, How Does Your Garden Grow?
Jan 6
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GUEST COLLECTION
Jerry Portwood: an example of living space as museum
Dec 30, 2025
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Collections: Merry Christmas 2025
Dec 23, 2025
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Collections: Lucite Buddhas & Cats
Kiddingly, when people ask how I became a Buddhist, I answer, “I go shopping”.
Dec 16, 2025
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GUEST COLLECTION
Bug Collection Photos by Jeannine Lawall
Dec 9, 2025
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Collections: Christmas
Five videos for your viewing pleasure takes less than 5 minutes to view
Dec 2, 2025
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Collections: Noah's Ark
Noah's Ark Story Told in Michael Style 🤪
Nov 25, 2025
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Books By Michael
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BOOKS: Available to Purchase
Bedtime Stories for Older Kids: A Collection of Writings About the Process and Gifts of Getting Older
Dec 27, 2025
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REPEAT BONUS POST: ALZHEIMER'S: A Love Story―A Documentary Film & Link to "QStack".
“Good Grieving: Doing it correctly … doing it your own way!”
Dec 6, 2025
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BOOKS: Available to Purchase
"A PONDERING: Thoughts On Thinking"
Nov 1, 2025
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BOOKS: Available to Purchase
Posting Change Notice
Oct 11, 2025
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BOOKS: Available to Purchase
"The Museum of Michael's Mind: Memories, Memoirs, and Meanderings"
Sep 27, 2025
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BOOKS: Available to Purchase
GYROSCOPE: An Alzheimer's Love Story―The Joys, The Sorrows, and The Gifts of Dementia
Sep 20, 2025
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BOOKS: Available to Purchase
Good Grieving: Doing grief correctly ― by doing it you own way!
Sep 13, 2025
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BOOKS: Available to Purchase
Stories and Poetry From a Homosexual Perspective
Sep 6, 2025
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