Reluctant Rebel

.......or Hedonist with Inhibitions

Saturday, June 29, 2024

Santa Fe Pride 2024

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I think I needed a little dose of Pride after all the negativity coming at us for the past seven or eight years and even more so this year. ...
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Thursday, June 27, 2024

Stonewall - A Musical Tribute

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 Just a brief musical tribute to the Stonewall protest and Gay Lib. Music from an era subsequent to the Gay Lib movement. (For a more comple...
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Wednesday, June 26, 2024

Surf’s Up at the Lake

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I told Leon to get in the car after dinner. Drove down the street to the convenience store and bought a couple of Klondike Bars. Then we wen...
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Monday, June 24, 2024

Stop the Merry-Go-Round! I Want to Get Off

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 Yesterday morning, as we were heading to Santa Fe, I was driving, and Leon was listening to some YouTube video in which the interviewer was...
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Friday, June 21, 2024

The Heartache of Dining Out or Why I Cook at Home

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 I left this review after we had pizza at a place in Taos, New Mexico: We felt bad for the young woman who was waiting every table in the ou...
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Tuesday, June 18, 2024

The Many Facets of New Mexico

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Preface: The forest fires are burning in the southern part of the state. Very devastating for the people of Ruidoso. There are also fires in...
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Sunday, June 16, 2024

Celebrating “Frociaggine” Roman Style

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Not only did Pride return to Rome this year, (first one post COVID), with a super parade and huge crowds but there was a fabulous appropriat...
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Friday, June 14, 2024

I Salute Edward

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https://www.joemygod.com/2024/06/veteran-85-comes-out-in-his-heartbreaking-obituary/
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Friday, May 31, 2024

Not Feeling the PRIDE Quite Like I Used To

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 Some thoughts for PRIDE MONTH though I'm thinking a month may be pushing it. I was a late bloomer, or should I say a late boomer. I cam...
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Thursday, May 30, 2024

Oh What a Relief It Is

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 Yes, good news for the moment. We will see what it all means and what the fallout will be. I have little to say beyond that right now.
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Monday, May 20, 2024

Longing for Ocean Breezes

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 Summer has been a topic here on RRebel many times. I write this while sunning my aging body down by the “lake” in my swim suit with a cold ...
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Friday, May 17, 2024

Attempting to Get This Uneasyness Out of My System

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(Let me apologize in advance for complaining. If you don't want to deal with my negativity, please, read no further.)  I don't even ...
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Tuesday, April 30, 2024

Posted to Joe.My.God. Yesterday

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 This may be my last comment for a while….perhaps permanently. Thank you Joe. I’ve been a more or less dedicated reader of JMG since around...
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Sunday, April 14, 2024

More New Mexico for Rock Lovers

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 I know I've posted New Mexico wilderness and the petrified "forest" before, but every time we go out I find it fascinating an...
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From New Britain & Bristol, CT now in Cochiti Lake, New Mexico, United States
I am a reluctantly-retired, no-longer self-employed, gay baby boomer who came out relatively late in life due to taking my Catholic upbringing much too seriously. I've been with my loving partner since 1988 and we married on October 25, 2014. We moved from a small house on a few of acres of woods in Connecticut to a small house in a unique community New Mexico in November 2015. I worked for non-profits and the like so have no retirement plan other than to work as little as possible, enjoy as much as possible and hope for the best, which is not at all practical. I have a rebellious streak but I am not heroic by any means, thus the "reluctant" part of my blog title. Our 100 pound Labrador/Weimaraner "Benni" took over our lives for 11 years since we adopted him as a rescue puppy in 2010. He even had his own blog. Our beloved Benni had to be euthanized in August of 2021. We miss him dearly. We like the outdoors, traveling and RVing. Oh, I recently published a book (September 2014), a memoir to be exact, which I hope will be at least somewhat entertaining. You can read "Did You Ever See A Horse Go By?" for free on my other blog. https://didyoueverseeahorsegoby.blogspot.com/
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