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Boy Meets Blog
http://jsethanderson.com
I write about downtown Phoenix/urban development, I'm a gay activist with a Mormon background and write about both topics.
Recent Posts
Mr Gordon, Don’t Tear This Building Down
It’s always sad to see a something go out of business, especially when it’s a Valley Landmark. I am sorry to see Circles Disks and Tapes have decided to call it quits after nearly 40 years downtown. But to be honest, I can’t say I w...
My Holiday Wish…
Yuletide Greetings (From the December, 1949, Liberal) By: B.M. Saner The sun has completed its journey and now will return once again; To gladden the crops and the vineyards, And comfort the spirits of men. Ere Jesus and all of his cohorts Had ...
Bumper Sticker and a Prius
“Boobies!” The bold, cobalt blue font popped off the black background of the bumper sticker. The colors fooled my eyes temporarily as the letters began to rise towards me like an image in a 3-D movie. I blinked and squinted in search of the pink ...
The Most Wonderful Time of The Year
Decorations hung with care and tiny lights blinked in the heated corridors of the mall as the crowd bustled like a chaotic stampede, noisy and out of rhythm with the Christmas music overhead. Red and green paper bags crinkled as they swung like pendu...
The Burton Barr Library
112 years and 1 month ago (November 1897) fourteen women wanted to create a public library in Phoenix and organized the Friday Club. Six months later in June 1898, the Friday Club opened the Phoenix Public Library at Washington and 1st Ave in the Fle...
What’s In a Name
Since I was born, I have gone by my middle name, Seth, and not my first name, John. My father and I share the same first name, John (after my fraternal grandfather) but we both go by our middle names, Kirt and Seth, by intention, not accident. This p...

