Category - Moments

The arrival of Chelsea's "downstairs day bed" last week has prompted a bit of a turf war, but everyone seems to be making the best of it. A cat bed we bought some time ago languished in a corner, ignored ... but fifteen minutes after The...

When Clyde heard that a friend of mine was hoping to contact her family in Laurel, MS, he quietly copied down her family's telephone number, programmed it into his phone, and called it throughout the day. He didn't tell me he was doing this. Later...

Today, I invite you to ponder the questions raised in this lengthy, sober, and thoughful article: "What Makes People Gay?" (Thanks, Kottke.)

We moved in twelve weeks ago, but we didn't start living in the new house until this week. The mirror propped against the kitchen floor found its way up onto the wall. The photos stacked on the countertop in the half-bath were also hung, along with...

- We're sitting in Saturday night's performance of Hairspray, during the "You're Timeless to Me" number. When the actors sing the line, "Because when I need a lift, time brings a gift: another day with you," Clyde snuggles against me and takes my...

At the *very* last minute, Clyde puts together a thirteenth anniversary trip to New York City. Thanks to the magic of the Internet, we book tickets to Hairspray, Trolls (the Off-Broadway musical for "gay men over forty"), and Springheaded Jack (a...

What Sunday School Can Do For You On the Sunday of Atlanta's Gay Pride March, Clyde and I attend church against our will. My employer, a fundamentalist minister training college always seeking potential donors, requires traveling employees to visit...

Saturday in the Park After sleeping all morning, we pick up Robert and his date and head for Piedmont Park. "The perfect locale for the Gay Pride festival," Robert says. "Men used to get blow jobs in the bushes." A brief but heavy afternoon rain...

Six Fags Over Georgia Clyde and I stand in line, waiting to be dropped, drenchd, battered, and abraded. Despite the number of gays reported to be in Atlanta for Gay Pride Weekend, rumors of recent violence against three gay men result in our seeing...

You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown Please note: this entry incorporates adult situations and language. Reader discretion is advised. We hope to glimpse gay Atlanta's nightlife. That night, we meet Richard and Jim, lovers occupying a restored and...