NorthEast Ursamen – Connecticut's enduring bear brotherhood

Ron Suresha | July 30, 2007

As published in Bears & Hunters, the club newsletter: NorthEast Ursamen – Connecticut's enduring bear brotherhoodby Ron Suresha I first heard of the NorthEast Ursamen shortly after its inception, while I was out on the West Coast, in 1992, from East Coast folks I met at the Lone Star Saloon in San Francisco — aka [...]

New York mag on GMWM 4 GMWM

Ron Suresha | July 27, 2007

Aside from the fact that I answer to the descriptor GMWM, at least in certain situations, this line describing a typical ad caught my attention. Text: 45 bi married stocky hairy ital here. would love to form a group of Bi married guys only … want a group where there are no judgments and we [...]

Hot tub holiday hopeful

Ron Suresha | July 27, 2007

Rocco and I (sin poochitos) are taking a well-needed vacation this week to head to Montréal for the early part of Diversite.We'll be staying at the Big Boys B&B. I don't care what the room looks like as long as the hot tub works. Almost four years ago, on our honeymoon, we arrived at the [...]

Bears Mailing List redux

Ron Suresha | July 27, 2007

Thanks to biggaloot  for bringing up the subject. The Bears Mailing List (BML) brought all its achievements (and personal baggage) up to a certain point, and then Resources for Bears developed bear networking online, and then many others. Certainly there was acrimony and disagreement and endless tech problems, but those things do not normally stop [...]

Bears Mailing List / Bears Against Bush

Ron Suresha | July 25, 2007

There's been a spate of postings from some of the oldtimers on the Bears Mailing List. It's been nice to see folks back on BML. There's been some chat about what usefulness BML serves now, and this LJ post is  part of a response. Part of the reason why discussions here have run thin on [...]

New Mexico SSM in Massachusetts

Ron Suresha | July 25, 2007

As with Connecticut's civil unions, this news made no headlines, just quietly passed without comment. From Mombian: New Mexico Same-Sex Couples Can Marry in Massachusetts Same-sex couples residing in New Mexico may now legally marry in Massachusetts. The Massachusetts Department of Public Health and Registry of Vital Records and Statistics last Thursday issued “a corrective [...]

Sunfloral tripping

Ron Suresha | July 23, 2007

Sunday we drove up the Thames River to the Buttonwoods Farms sunflower sale. Rocco really needed some sunshine, and it was a gorgeous day. Rocco brought his new camera and took lots of great pix, but these taken from my cellphone will have to suffice. We bought two bunches of sunflowers, and passed on the [...]