Another Country

by | Aug 29, 2009 | Life Journal

After decades of quietly watching on as countryman after countryman embarked on their personal journey into the bigger world, I finally took the step myself. For the delay, I blame the “Don’t leave town ‘til you’ve seen the country” television advertisements that had...

Smalltown Boy

by | Aug 2, 2009 | Life Journal

Ever since it was released in June 1984, when I was 14, “Smalltown Boy” by Bronski Beat was dangerous for me. If this song spoke the melancholy truth, then every moment for me since June 1984 has been a struggle against that truth. I have long dissembled: My life is a...