"I Am Always Remembering..."

Life goes by much more quickly than we realize...

Halloween is not such a big deal in our home anymore, the children are all grown up. My oldest, now 39 has been married and is now recently divorced. He's got three kids of his own including two teenagers. The 21 year old is married and gone. And the little one will be 18 soon. But over the years, Husband and I tried to make every holiday special for them. Here is a look back at some of our Halloweens on Broadstreet.

I am always remembering...

"The Truth About Love..."

Love makes every man a Superhero...

"This Made Me Smile..."

"Same Gender Loving People - No. 4597"

"Gay Dads Really Love Their Kids..."

Positive images of people like me... The truth of the matter is that we all need to see people like ourselves. So everyday, I'll post a photo, drawing or some other artwork that depicts Same Gender Loving People as what we are... Only Human.

"The Artist's Corner..."

Click to enlarge

"Halloween Night"

Rick Chris

"The Views To Love..."

Love Is Love Everywhere

"We Were Always There..."

What I Like About This: Circa 1890s. Here we find an unmistakable "couple photograph." All the signs of love are here for us to witness: These lovers intertwine their legs and appear to be holding hands just out of view. The man in profile seated on the stool, looks up to his partner's face with an affectionate gaze enhanced by the slightest of smiles as he rests his hand upon his beloved's lap with a finger extended to caress his partner's arm. The beloved one seated higher up, gazes into the camera with eyes tinged with the worry of revealing too much... and yet we can be sure that when they saw their photograph, they were happy with the result and cherished it as we do today. It shows that their love was real, and for us, that "we were always there."

"The Artist's Corner..."

"Untitled Nude"

Oil on canvas

Annibale Carracci

What I Like About This: Here we have a 16th century work by an early Italian master of the Baroque style. Carracci was noted for the dynamism he captured in his works and this is illustrated here by the contortion of his subject and the water that spills forth from the earthen crock in his grasp. I also particularly like the coloring of this painting, it is almost a study in monochromatism... the artist fairly depicts the swarthy and sallow skin tones common of those in the southern regions of Italy. And finally, another attractive aspect of this painting is that while being depicted fully in the nude, the subject is shown to be modest and demure... yet he is well proportioned including his genitals, a feature which runs counter to the tendency of artists even in academic nudes to portray such details diminutively and lacking life-like realism.

"Love and Life's Journeys..."

From the work of Chicago born photographer Richard Renaldi. Over the course of more than a decade, Richard has recorded images of himself and his partner Seth Boyd in their hotel rooms across the country and around the world for his project "Hotel Room Portraits."

I fell in love with these images from the very first time that I saw them.  There is something incredibly familiar and comforting in recognizing not only the love between Richard and Seth, but also the rigors of travel and the occasional weary eyes and tiredness that we all fall prey to.  Moreover, these photos reveal an intimacy and comfortableness that one finds only when two people are truly in love... They reveal "love and life's journeys."

Richard Renaldi was born in Chicago in 1968. He received his BFA in photography from New York University in 1990. Exhibitions of his photographs have been mounted in galleries and museums throughout the United States, Asia, and Europe. In 2006 Renaldi's first monograph, Figure and Ground, was published by the Aperture Foundation. His second monograph, Fall River Boys, was released in 2009. Richard Renaldi is the founder and publisher of Charles Lane Press.

"The Truth About Love..."

If you love someone, then your freedom is curtailed. If you love someone, you give up much of your privacy. If you love someone, then you are no longer merely one person but half of a couple. To think or behave any other way is to risk losing that love.

- Laurell K. Hamilton

"This Made Me Smile..."

"Same Gender Loving People - No. 4596"

"Nothing Is Greater Than Love, It Makes All Things Possible..."

Positive images of people like me... The truth of the matter is that we all need to see people like ourselves. So everyday, I'll post a photo, drawing or some other artwork that depicts Same Gender Loving People as what we are... Only Human.

"The GIFt Of Love..."

"The Views To Love..."

The summer has gone, but love remains...

"We Were Always There..."

What I Like About This: Here we have a handsome couple, who are clearly more than "just friends..." Their love for each other is revealed in the gentleness with which have posed themselves. The beloved one seated higher up, drapes his arm lovingly over the shoulder of his partner, while his other hand rests deftly upon his partner's arm with index finger subtly pointing to the one who owns his heart. This beautiful photograph from well over 100 years ago, taken in and observed in its totality reveals a depth of love that has lived on to our present day to remind us that "we were always there," and that we always loved.

"The Artist's Corner..."

"Gabriel, Portrait - Red Drapery"

Oil on wood

George Towne

What I Like About This: Artist George Towne is noted for his often more explicit works of homoerotic art, but this painting is a more modest, but quite lovely study of his skill at portraiture. The model for this work is an "everyday man" of vague and indeterminant ethnicity which lends interest and inclusive intrigue to this work. The choice of medium, oil on birchwood panel lends an additional depth of interest to the painting as the grain of the board adds textural significance to the artist's beautifully executed imagery.

"Love and Life's Journeys..."

From the work of Chicago born photographer Richard Renaldi. Over the course of more than a decade, Richard has recorded images of himself and his partner Seth Boyd in their hotel rooms across the country and around the world for his project "Hotel Room Portraits."

I fell in love with these images from the very first time that I saw them.  There is something incredibly familiar and comforting in recognizing not only the love between Richard and Seth, but also the rigors of travel and the occasional weary eyes and tiredness that we all fall prey to.  Moreover, these photos reveal an intimacy and comfortableness that one finds only when two people are truly in love... They reveal "love and life's journeys."

Richard Renaldi was born in Chicago in 1968. He received his BFA in photography from New York University in 1990. Exhibitions of his photographs have been mounted in galleries and museums throughout the United States, Asia, and Europe. In 2006 Renaldi's first monograph, Figure and Ground, was published by the Aperture Foundation. His second monograph, Fall River Boys, was released in 2009. Richard Renaldi is the founder and publisher of Charles Lane Press.

"The Truth About Love..."

The truth about love is that it is ever changing. Throughout the life of a relationship, individuals change and life itself changes. Love has to be flexible enough to accommodate new information, new roles, and new ways of loving one another.

- Patricia Love

"This Made Me Smile..."

"Same Gender Loving People - No. 4595"

"Love Grows Ever Sweeter With Age..."

Positive images of people like me... The truth of the matter is that we all need to see people like ourselves. So everyday, I'll post a photo, drawing or some other artwork that depicts Same Gender Loving People as what we are... Only Human.

"The GIFt Of Love..."

Never part without a kiss...

"The Views To Love..."