Lifestyles & Communities
Happy Valentine’s Day! Let’s celebrate this Holiday of Love with some parody lyrics to a famous show tune called “I…
I’ve had the honor of writing for Lavender since the summer of 2011. I calculate that more than 100,000 of my words…
Very sad news: After 45 years in existence, the members of the Corn Haulers Leather & Levi Club of Des Moines,…
With 2021 mostly in the rearview mirror, and with 2022 approaching, I’d like to begin this column with a memory…
The first thing I notice when I walk into Leif Hagen’s office at Achievement Financial was the collection of paintings…
Silky Tie-Ups by Liberator. Two four-foot-long, silky-soft sashes perfect for light bondage experimentation—or, for experienced players, something different than the usual…
Because I recently wrote a column on “Leather and Aging” (Lavender issue #681), and because the theme of this issue of Lavender is…
In less than three months, my life will take a distinctive shift—I’ll move from the “under-65-years-old” category to “65-and-older.” For…
Jeanne Louise Calment was born 21 February 1875 in Arles, France, and died there August 4, 1997. One hundred twenty-two…
