glen squared

A glen plaid shirt and a matching glen plaid tie…? Absolutely! The tie has been hanging on my wall for awhile now; the shirt showed up just a bit ago. When I realized the two were such a good match, I tingled. Honestly. Linen for the heat of summer, and silk for it’s surface and […]

at the valet. hey!

Allow me to introduce the newest addition to the dressing room: Purchased from a local friend in a downsize to her new place. *wrings hands* Bwahahahahahaaaaaaaaaaa! Eh-hem. Sorry. It needs love and attention, but I am quite giddy to have it. Oh, happy days! I am one step closer to keeping myself properly valeted. Journey […]

embellishments

I scored some fun things the other day while out looking for final embellishments for the dressing room. I needed fabric for draperies and some small bits of upholstery; I wanted something crazy enough to stand against all the colors of my wardrobe… something crazier than I have ever lived with before. I mean, how […]

the essential value of valeting

“One reason – a very great one – why the English gentleman is so much better dressed, on less money usually, than the American, is that the former is perfectly valeted (even though he perform this office himself), while the latter more often than not hasn’t the least idea what proper valeting means. First of […]

“what is Real?” asked the Rabbit…

Years back, shortly after my experience with cancer and chemotherapy, an on-line acquaintance re-introduced me to a passage from The Velveteen Rabbit by Margery Williams. It was a brilliant allegory to the inward awakening I experienced during chemotherapy, as well as a statement of the trend toward superficiality and youth culture in the gay community… […]

that darned sweater!

A recent visitor showed me a few tailoring tricks; I hope to stretch them a long way in catching up with my mending and alterations… First off the needle: a green Aran sweater that I saved from a thrift store years ago. It cost a quarter and was full of holes, but the yarn and […]

a few of my favorite blings…

Early next month is a building-wide sale: antiques, bicycles and parts, clothing, art, findings, miscellany. Certainly, there will be amazing stuff throughout. I love this building… I am participating, to empty out some space in my space, either to make moving easier or to create room for someone else to share it. To that end, […]

this explains so much about my journey thus far…

*ganked from clintswan, over on livejournal… I have had most all of this in my head since about shortly after I starting my coming out process. That would be something close to twenty years now. How does one live as his authentic self without being fully isolated? How does a group of such individuals function […]