Todd and Rob Go Jump in the Lake

Those Blue Ridge boys take a break from their phantasmagoric gardening to paddle around a beautiful mountain lake.

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Sunday Drive: Fields of Gold

Eva Cassidy's timeless performance:

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Cavalcade of Food: Summer Display and Cool Cocktail

Kevin shows off his new summertime display windows at his appliance museum in Croswell, Michigan.

Bonus:  Kevin shows how to make his idea of a classic Cuba Libre - i. e., rum and Coke:

 

This is actually your Head Trucker's favorite drink, on those very rare occasions when I have a cocktail nowadays.  But I ask for a Captain and Coke on the rocks, no lime.  Simple and delicious.

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Waitin' for the Weekend

"Mon Prince Charmant" by Clint Collide:

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Ten Years On: Marriage Equality Day

June 26 should be a red-letter day on every gay and lesbian calendar - the day the Supreme Court extended marriage equality to all Americans in these momentous words that will ring through centuries to come:

No union is more profound than marriage, for it embodies the highest ideals of love, fidelity, devotion, sacrifice, and family. In forming a marital union, two people become something greater than once they were. As some of the petitioners in these cases demonstrate, marriage embodies a love that may endure even past death. It would misunderstand these men and women to say they disrespect the idea of marriage. Their plea is that they do respect it, respect it so deeply that they seek to find its fulfillment for themselves. Their hope is not to be condemned to live in loneliness, excluded from one of civilization's oldest institutions. They ask for equal dignity in the eyes of the law. The Constitution grants them that right.

—Justice Anthony Kennedy, Obergefell v. Hodges majority opinion (emphasis mine)

Here's the NBC news report on that day and President Obama's eloquent remarks:

Here's your Head Trucker's post on that day.  M.P. and I were teary-eyed with joy.  I thought, finally -- it's over, we won, now life can flow on smoothly and happily for us gay folks, as it should.

But of course life doesn't always go as we expect.  Now we face new challenges.  Let's stay united, firm, and courageous.  Our love is here to stay!

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Restoring Sean: Derailed but Determined

Big, beefy, hairy guy with a sweet smile is renovating an old house he bought.  Come watch.  

If you're pressed for time, get the best view of his body of work starting at the 27:00 mark.

 

He's also into interior design. Check out his website at restoringsean.com.

(P.S. -- Where did all these home-repair bears come from?  In my day, everybody was into disco, not DIY.)

Growing Up Gay: Bullied but Unbroken

Insightful story by a woofy guy from my generation who came out in the 70's but led a very different life in the big city:

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Father David: On the Road Again

The Lessons Appointed for Use on the

Second Sunday of Pentecost

Father David shares a very timely message today, as the world recoils in shock from Trump's overnight bombing of Iran.

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Jeffrey Kevin: Butterfly Tablescape

To welcome the first day of summer, Jeffrey Kevin sets a lovely table in shades of pink and teal - and lots of pretty butterflies in all the colors of the rainbow!

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Waitin' for the Weekend

"Strong Enough #2" by Clint Collide:

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What We're Watching: Spotted Dick

Witty food historian Max Miller gets down to the nitty gritty with that British favorite of most peculiar nomenclature.  But relax - it's not what you think!

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