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Monthly Archives: January 2013
A Roving Eye
Spending time with my old schoolmate Colin led, inevitably, to him sharing with Dave stories of our time spent together from age about 9 upwards. He had long since confided to me that he had figured out I was gay … Continue reading
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Tagged Against All Odds, books, boys, brotherhood, gay, gym, partners, poof, queer, roving eye, The Power of Love, wrestling
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Pain and Pleasure
Our plunge pool here in Wales was just 2C today (about 37F). I think that our newly found gay friends Tom and Iestyn found it rather painful but, as we pointed out, the pleasure comes later with the satisfaction that … Continue reading
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Tagged acrobatics, Against All Odds, balance, boys, fakir, Loving the Boy, performance, sideshow, skinny dipping, swimming, The Power of Love, urine, wales, wrestling
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Back to School
I’m back in my old high school gym, with my old gym teacher, at the age of almost 29! A strange experience in some ways, but a very comfortable one: Dave and I are in Oxford, sorting ourselves out for … Continue reading
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Tagged acrobatics, bed of nails, gay, glass, gym, gymnastics, handstand, Loving the Boy, partners, performance, sideshow, swimming, The Power of Love, wales, weight training, wrestling
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An Unexpected Bonus
My dad (physicist, used to ‘hate’ me for not wanting to be one too!) rang last evening to ask if Dave and I could do a 30-minute show in Oxford on Friday night for some supper club or other, replacing … Continue reading
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Tagged acrobatics, balance, bed of nails, cefn derwen, crossfit, fakir, gay, glass, gym, gymnastics, partners, performance, sideshow, wales, weight training
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Fireside Re-Creation…
So, here we are. Dave and I. In our Welsh mountain cottage buried in and surrounded by snow. We didn’t exactly bargain for this when we planned to spend January here before returning to the US. So, how to pass … Continue reading
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Tagged Against All Odds, boys, cefn derwen, D H Lawrence, Fireside, gay, gym, Loving the Boy, naked, Oak Ridge Tennessee, snow, The Power of Love, weight training, Women in Love
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Above the Snow Line
Dave and I returned from Cumbria and had great difficulty getting our old truck up the track to Cefn Derwen here in Wales because of the snow. And then, last night and this morning, another foot of snow was dumped … Continue reading
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Tagged boys, cefn derwen, gay, Living the Dream, Loving the Boy, Oak Ridge Tennessee, shirtless, snow, wales
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Guardian Angels say ‘Its OK to be Gay…’
So Dave and I got to Cumbria (UK) with no travel probs in the snow, and yesterday afternoon I took him back to Bassenthwaite, a magical place where our group of stalwart touring acrobats received some sort of divine guidance from – … Continue reading
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Tagged Against All Odds, Bassenthwaite, gay, guardian angels, Living the Dream, love, Loving the Boy, partners, shirtless, The Power of Love, training
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Ancient and Modern
Dave and I are again toasting our toes in front of a log fire in our ancient Welsh farnmhouse investment, watching snow flurries swirl around and wondering whether we shall be able to make our planned trip up to Cumbria … Continue reading
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Tagged abdominals, abs, Against All Odds, boys, Builth Wells, cefn derwen, heart of wales, Living the Dream, pendolino, weight training, Wyeside
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Boiz o’ the ‘Hood, Up to No Good…
Twice a week, Neil and his mates in the local running club get a night off from their girls to do their training. Last night was a bit special: four of them started their training run (12 miles!) from our Cefn … Continue reading
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Alone Together
It was tough seeing our kids head off back to USA with just Dave and I remaining in Wales for a while longer. But it quickly hit us that we spend so much time interacting with other people that we … Continue reading
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Tagged acrobatics, Against All Odds, Bassenthwaite, cefn derwen, fakir, gay, guardian angels, Keswick, love, partners, performance, St. Bega's Church, weight training
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