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I have FOUND RELIGION. I BELIEVE in YouTube’s Mr. Deity

Posted on July 10, 2019 by Gary Garth McCann

This is the first representation of God that makes any sense to me. Is your God all-powerful, all-knowing, or all-loving? Choose two. You can’t have all three. Tell your priest, pastor or rabbi. She or he can begin the process … Continue reading →

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KISS ME.

Posted on November 1, 2018 by Gary Garth McCann

This lovely gif is from American Gay Romance commnity, Google+, Ronnie Warcliffe. Thank you, Ronnie.

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The First Review of My Novella YOUNG AND IN LOVE?

Posted on September 22, 2018 by Gary Garth McCann

“Hardy is working his way through that difficult journey of discovering not only who he is and what he wants out of life– but also finding, or better, defining what love means for him. ‘Young and In Love?’ is a … Continue reading →

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HOW MUCH SWEETER DOES IT GET?

Posted on September 22, 2018 by Gary Garth McCann

  From https://gifsgayss.tumblr.com/

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The wet and the dry: Niagara Falls and Big Bend

Posted on June 22, 2018 by Gary Garth McCann

    The volume Big Bend includes the story “Big Bend,” awarded the 2001 Flanner O’Connor Award for Short Fiction. The Holland Hotel is across the road from the train station in Alpine, TX, Amtrak’s stop for Big Bend. You’ll need a … Continue reading →

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SACONY CIELLA AD IN LIFE MAGAZINE 1949

Posted on September 7, 2017 by Gary Garth McCann

Is it the pose that makes this picture so striking? Wouldn’t it be a great book cover?  

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“READING IS LIKE THE SEX ACT – DONE PRIVATELY, AND OFTEN IN BED.”

Posted on August 3, 2017 by Gary Garth McCann

Attributed to Daniel Boorstein, Librarian of Congress 1975-1987 and a historian. I saw this quote on “a good reader imagines” on the tumblr man-reading. The picture below is from the same tumblr, I believe, although the address is menreadningtumblr.com.

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Posted on May 19, 2017 by Gary Garth McCann

I ALSO BLOG AT streamlinermemories.com.

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Two Thanksgiving Wednesdays

Posted on November 12, 2016 by Gary Garth McCann

Brookhurst Street wasn’t so busy in the fog as I, a high-school freshman, carried my Bible home from Wednesday evening prayer meeting with my older sister and the church librarian, a young woman with a 10-year-old son and a non-believer … Continue reading →

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HIGH SCHOOL REUNIONS: HAPPY 50TH TO THE CLASS OF ’66

Posted on October 13, 2016 by Gary Garth McCann

Todd and I live in Maryland but at Christmas and briefly in summer visit Fullerton, California, where I grew up. This year I’ve made additional visits alone, owing to illness in my family. Waiting in line at the Amerige Heights … Continue reading →

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