I love books. I have hundreds of them back in Alabama, but I was never able to bring all of my books to Vermont. I used to devour several books a week, but my headaches make it harder for me to concentrate on reading, so I often just listen to audiobooks. It looks like this guy is getting ready to travel somewhere since he’s reaching for a suitcase. The great thing about books is that you can travel through the written word to far flung places. Books can take you to the most wonderful cities, the most remote places on earth, or even into space.

I love a man with chest hair, but I’m a bit of a Goldilocks when it comes to chest hair. I don’t want too much, but I do like a moderate amount of hair on a man’s chest. Maybe it’s because I’ve never had much chest hair.

Maybe I’m the only one, but I find a man in long johns/union suits very sexy. Maybe it’s because of the idea of rugged mean wearing them or a historical fetish. It could also be because they look like they’d be so warm to cuddle up next to. Maybe it’s all of the above. I do know this is a very sexy man.

Some sexy men with black cats

Some Halloween themed black cats

A bit of black cat humor

This Hello Kitty Halloween card was sent to me by my friend Susan. Isn’t it so cute?

Of course, no black cat post would be complete without my beautiful Isabella.

Halloween is one of my favorite holidays. I used to love going out with friends to bars or to a Halloween party. I used to host an annual Halloween party with a friend of mine. The food and snacks I’d make were legendary (LOL). When it come to Halloween costumes, they range from funny to clever and from sexy to scary. I never much cared for the scary ones, but I love a good sexy, clever, or funny costume. With costumes, it’s the one time of year when you can be anyone or anything you want, whether you are out of the closet or not. Once you’re out of the closet, then the sky’s the limit and you can be as sexy o was campy as you want.

Here are some of my favorites.

I know I’d be trying to land on RED.

Those plastic balls would not be the ones I’d be trying to dive into.

I love super hero costumes. I’ve always been partial to Superman, but Chris Evans made me a big Captain American fan.

These fellas are just cute with their pumpkins. I never much liked carving pumpkins, but I’d love to watch these guys do it.

Who doesn’t love the Madd Hatter and the White Rabbit? These two are cute as a button.

Labeled “Young Man Posing for Polaroid, 1959,” this photograph from the Cherry Grove Archives Collection and a gift of Don Steeple is part of the New York Historical Society’s exhibit “Safe/Haven,” showcasing photographs of LGBTQ people in Cherry Grove, New York, a popular vacation getaway for the community in the mid-century.

You can read more about this exhibition here and here.

Curator Confidential: Safe/Haven: Gay Life in 1950s Cherry Grove

There is just something about a guy in white briefs that gets my blood flowing.