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Archive of posts filed under the Growing up category.

His name shall be “BEAR”!

We have officially named the new pup.  His name is Bear.  It’s kinda symbolic in a way.  My grandparents had a dog while I was growing up that my dad and his brother called Bear.  It was the same kind of dog except for the blue heeler part.  I sometimes wondered why they didn’t call [...]

The smell of pecan pies cooking….

The partner is in the process of baking southern pecan pies. It is the most wonderful tasting thing in dessert-dom.

GCB0009 – Wes Comes Out Part 2

Here is the second part to my coming out story.

 
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GCB0008 – Wes Comes Out Part 1

I had been told in the recent past that I should tell my coming out story.

 
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You gotta love southern football!

It is now a couple of weeks into the football season. It felt like such a long time to wait for, but now we have our tailgating, our beer drinking buddies, and whatever revelry comes with football. I’ve been able to watch a few games while at work. Saturday’s game between LSU and UGA was [...]

New direction…same person

Recently, I was stitting around, contemplating my blog here at The Gay Life of a Country Boy and its accompanying podcast. I guess this is my moment to do some clearing up. And some of the clearing up could be called appologies.

The Secondary Family Keeps Growing

There is another family, however, that one selects through careful consideration and bonds shared with another human outside the family bloodline. This is what would be called as the secondary family.

Getting ready for the water

Compared to my dad, my trips fishing consisted of sitting there, watching an orange cord float in a large pond

Growing up in the country..or Sweet Home Alabama

Stick with me for a moment. Let me take you through a little dream sequence to start this thing out. Picture this…..

A hot, muggy summer morning in a rural, nearly one family neighborhood, in Southwest Alabama.