When you first see an Okapi your initial immediate thought is that someone left the barn door open and a horse met a zebra. Yet, the strange looking animal actually is more closely related to the giraffe than it is the zebra! With somewhat long necks and massive tongues, they are a breed unto their ...

According to Richard Leibly of The Washington Post , "Washington must have power couples. It needs them, or at least the idea of them." With the dawning of the Age of Obama in our nation's capital, a new social structure is coming into play and Washingtonians are moving place cards aro...

After meeting with President Obama and speaking to a joint session of the United States Congress, Prime Minister Gordon Brown returned home to host in Number 10 Downing Street a reception for the LGBT leaders of Great Britain. The event was the second function in about six months. In October, First ...

"Non, je ne regrette rien" As I am writing this morning and listening to the songs of the "little sparrow" - Edith Piaf - my mind starts drifting back over my life. Can't think of a better place to reflect on life's 'regrets' than Turkey Hollow. With Spring encroa...

For decades, the Royal Kingdom of the Netherlands has been a beacon of sanity in a very crazy world. The small populated nation has led the way in progressive legislation, education, human rights and an enlightened foreign policy. More than any other country, it had built a reputation as a place of ...

For over fifteen years, the issue of "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" has been debated. President Bill Clinton claims it was a necessary step; others abhor it as a repressive and impossible policy for the LGBT members of the Armed Forces. If anyone really thinks about it, can you imagine li...

You can put away your cowboy boots and ten gallon hats. The fake southern drawl no longer has to strain your tongue. Forget the cattle show in Dallas/Fort Worth. You can stop attempting to line dance and two step. Kiss off the oil men of West Texas. Don't try to memorize "The Eyes of Texas ...

"Close only counts in horseshoes" goes the old country saying. Given this winter's constant and endless    brutality here in these hills, spring seems so close yet so far away. Starting about a week ago we ended up having another unpredicted storm with 16 inches of snow ove...

When Jonathan sent me this week's photograph, my first reaction was "how in the hell did he get so deep into a volcano?!" This explosion of color leaves you breathless. Reading Jonathan's accompanying note, the realization came that he was not that foolhardy at all. The photograph ...

Let me say up front, no one doubts that we in the LGBT community are currently light years better off than during the last horrible eight years of the Bush Administration. Of course I am thrilled about that. However, it seems to me that the LGBT community somehow has disappeared over the last month ...