Let’s talk about HEATED RIVALRY . The wildly viral new series about closeted gay hockey players; with the story based in Montreal, Canada; aligning very well with Montreal's ongoing reputation as Canada's 'city of romance.' I binged the entire first season (six episodes) during Snowmageddon USA in January 2026 and, to me, this show felt so good, so relevant and so compelling. Here are my reasons why: (1) It gives a lot of gay men something we rarely got growing up, which is intensity and...

February always arrives in Eureka Springs a little softer than elsewhere. The town exhales after the holidays and before spring flirts its way back into our lives. There’s a hush in the air that makes room for reflection ... and, fittingly, for love. Not the glossy, rom-com version of love with perfect lighting and better timing. But the real thing. The lived-in, laugh-out-loud, sometimes-roll-your-eyes, always-show-up kind of love. Love, I’ve learned, isn’t just a feeling. It’s a language....

Where is the love? It's nearly Valentine's Day, and the headlines still cause concern. Once upon a time, in the not-so-distant past, I wrote a blog-post titled, Diversity and Inclusion Makes Us Smarter . I didn't see the irony in the title until now. This post was part of my personal * IMO series. ( *in my opinion) and it was published just three years ago in 2023 when it seemed more widely understood that diversity and inclusion actually does make us smarter. Diversity and Inclusion...