tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7826686730938445192.comments2017-01-19T08:32:32.597-08:00SIR Hugh B MitchellHugh B Mitchell, International LeatherSir 2010http://www.blogger.com/profile/14055390430846578591noreply@blogger.comBlogger24125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7826686730938445192.post-64590321383854136852017-01-19T08:32:32.597-08:002017-01-19T08:32:32.597-08:00This post was composed for my personal training bl...This post was composed for my personal training blog, but it serves this blog well, too. Stay healthy! SIR HughUgo Barbiere - Sound Fitnesshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14254142197556542301noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7826686730938445192.post-90635289599848281002015-02-25T18:48:17.061-08:002015-02-25T18:48:17.061-08:00my blessings to you and yours, your words ring tru...my blessings to you and yours, your words ring true for anyone regardless of sexual orientation. You chose to live instead of being defined as victim.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7826686730938445192.post-92027594068100717652011-10-09T23:31:22.414-07:002011-10-09T23:31:22.414-07:00Thank you for this post.Thank you for this post.selfreflexivehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00912264503558980675noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7826686730938445192.post-72380606699333182972011-09-11T17:42:13.258-07:002011-09-11T17:42:13.258-07:00I live across the country and know nothing about a...I live across the country and know nothing about any situation in Seattle, but I have noticed over the last twenty years the decline of service organizations. <br /><br />The number of members may have stayed nearly the same, but fewer people are actively involved and the number of worker bees at fund raisers and service events is very low. Members turn out when there will be publicity or to play, but the hard and often tedious behind the scenes work is done by the same few people again and again until they are worn down.<br /><br />I truly don't think this situation is limited to Leathermen, but is a symptom of a lack of understanding and appreciation of the joys of quiet altruistic service, true service.<br /><br />DonnaDonnahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11321441847501435211noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7826686730938445192.post-13332845120338020012011-09-09T19:00:59.783-07:002011-09-09T19:00:59.783-07:00Thank you for this post even though I think the po...Thank you for this post even though I think the post was just a little too polite of missing the manners. I think it would help to be a little more direct on the subject. But it is a very difficult subject of the self-sabotage of our Seattle community. Who wants to be the target who says that there is a large elephant in the middle of small room? This subject has been talked and talked and talked for about 10 to 15 years and people do not listen. GLPW is an example who can not listen and it is just so much easier to just to step back from the "community". It is just sad but again, from the ash of the community, an organic phoenix will rise. Until then, it is just sad. <br /><br />- Aubrey SparksAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7826686730938445192.post-92187081250099356652011-07-26T10:02:43.175-07:002011-07-26T10:02:43.175-07:00I love you! Thank you for all you have done this y...I love you! Thank you for all you have done this year.DRShoreyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01268176197757987054noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7826686730938445192.post-16437215143261565662011-07-17T14:37:46.037-07:002011-07-17T14:37:46.037-07:00Thank you for this wonderful post.Thank you for this wonderful post.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7826686730938445192.post-18962108963107716822011-07-16T17:52:22.493-07:002011-07-16T17:52:22.493-07:00I just had the good fortune of meeting Sir Hugh he...I just had the good fortune of meeting Sir Hugh here online on facebook this very day. He reminds me of Sean Connerey in Hunt for Red October.:-) I Am both proud and excited to finally find a ship I can be proud to sail on. We in the shadows Know all to well these things to be true. The leather shadow people can't afford the $135@plate dinner fund raiser or hefty price tag of event packages plus airfare.<br /><br />Yet we continue to do our little bits individually and within our local communities. Yet even there we have found we are 'tolerated' but not really welcome at the celebrity end of the bar. We don't hold our breath about being invited to that Select Private Home Party. <br /><br />Yes it hurts but daunts us not. It's because it hurts that we try to make our own leather world a better place bit by bit. As tbrough can tell you, I am very active in Recon especially in chat. It is not only social for Me but I enjoy helping others find a true and safe path. <br /><br />I need to stop before my comment becomes longer than the post LOL. But I think that some type of topic like "The Leather Shadow" would be a good blunt type topic to take head on. But then that's just the "General Patton" in me. <br /><br />One final note: I shared this blog with experienced well known people openly on face book. I also shared it with a scared 19 year old newbie from Minneapolis. I did so because for once here's a space where everyone is welcome. Thanks Sir Hugh for a truly wonderful blog space. In Leather Pride, Sir Norm.Norm Flowershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16093422869313577120noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7826686730938445192.post-3502144989620141662011-07-05T17:14:28.905-07:002011-07-05T17:14:28.905-07:00This is a brilliant blog post. You have said what ...This is a brilliant blog post. You have said what many that stand in the shadows believe to be true.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7826686730938445192.post-81545890401857143202011-07-05T15:33:16.041-07:002011-07-05T15:33:16.041-07:00Great points, Sir, although my thoughts addressed ...Great points, Sir, although my thoughts addressed you on these when you raided the question on FACEBOOK. As a writer and publisher, I also tend to measure what I do by maintaining a business that at least breaks even, though it often doesn't. Funny thing, though; I'm often asked for "gifts" from my table when I vend (and frequently e-mailed requests from folks I don't even know). <br /><br />We must, as leathermen, be supportive of our brethren. But we also must be more vigilant about who we support, and why.blackleatherbookshelfhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04077220767469540975noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7826686730938445192.post-81151142550745015842011-04-21T21:34:27.988-07:002011-04-21T21:34:27.988-07:00Congratulation on such a frank and honest baring o...Congratulation on such a frank and honest baring of yourself, Sir - domestic abuse is a great under-reported part of our world.blackleatherbookshelfhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04077220767469540975noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7826686730938445192.post-84717202677702470192011-04-20T13:50:11.991-07:002011-04-20T13:50:11.991-07:00So hot!
Thank you.
-Leland CarinaSo hot!<br /><br />Thank you.<br /><br />-Leland CarinaLarenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10293923413754721094noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7826686730938445192.post-80221175281222336222011-03-31T07:49:07.601-07:002011-03-31T07:49:07.601-07:00Excellent summary. Bravo and thanks for sharing.Excellent summary. Bravo and thanks for sharing.DKhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01883507404298948190noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7826686730938445192.post-5583296617701865352011-01-22T14:13:35.871-08:002011-01-22T14:13:35.871-08:00I am sorry I missed seeing you, Sir. Glad you had ...I am sorry I missed seeing you, Sir. Glad you had a great rime.blackleatherbookshelfhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04077220767469540975noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7826686730938445192.post-73163798094878069462011-01-11T20:45:25.979-08:002011-01-11T20:45:25.979-08:00SIR, it was a honor to be allow to honor Your boot...SIR, it was a honor to be allow to honor Your boots with licks. i learned alot more about myself during that night and the contest, especially during the interview. i have been blessed because of the SIRs that i have had in my journey. Each has inparted life learning changes and each one has casued me to discover a little more about myself. Meeting You at this contest has cause me to find another facet of my being. i do believe in timing, this contest was not for me to win but for me to expanded my learning, to explore more of my being, my soul, my wants, and my desires. You opened me to something i had not really thought of. W/we will meet again SIR, i have no doubt in that. i am honored to have meet and gotten to know You,and it was my pleasure and honor to have been at Your boots. May Your journey be good and may it cross my journey many times.<br /><br />boy darrenAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7826686730938445192.post-46652030550334491872011-01-05T18:25:56.119-08:002011-01-05T18:25:56.119-08:00SIR,
Your willingness to share this piece of you i...SIR,<br />Your willingness to share this piece of you is exactly what makes you a SIR. I second what redwarrior has already said. I know that I look to SIRs for far more than coaching on what is sexually okay, desirable, and acceptable as a Leatherman/boy. <br /><br />I look to them for guidance on what it is to live with integrity, honesty, strength in spite of circumstance. I look to SIR's example to show me how to balance the role of Man in a society that tells me to swallow it and just look good/strong/like I know what I am doing--even when it is at risk of harm to myself or others. <br /><br />Please know you are supported and looked to with respect by many a Leatherperson in this time of immense loss and grief. <br />Namaste.<br /><br />Dylan<br />NWCBB 2011Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7826686730938445192.post-16236240294098729062011-01-04T20:36:28.325-08:002011-01-04T20:36:28.325-08:00Sir
I had the honor and pleasure of be a fellow co...Sir<br />I had the honor and pleasure of be a fellow contestant during the 2010 ILSb contest. I had always thought you to be a good person. I have not had the pleasure of getting to know you personally, however, after reading your last post, I am certain that you more than a good person but one someone could admire and respect. I say that because of your honesty in the post. So often we are expected to be strong as you mentioned. And so often we deal with the same thoughts and concerns as anyone else. I think this is one of the first times I have seen a Leathermen lay out the raw feeling as you just did. I give you support from afar in dealing with everything. I hope other Leathermen read this as well. <br /><br />Miles BCigar and Bootshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10707450664500893439noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7826686730938445192.post-14928313321092228782011-01-03T17:37:14.649-08:002011-01-03T17:37:14.649-08:00Sir,
I would submit that one of the greatest gift...Sir,<br /><br />I would submit that one of the greatest gifts a Sir could give to his boys is that of being a role model when it comes to learning how to deal with emotions in a healthy way. The holes you mention in your idealized version of a Sir are the same holes that exist in our idealized version of what it means to be man in general.<br /><br />The idea that a man is strong by suppressing and not dealing with the full range of his emotions is one that has haunted mankind, stunting the emotional growth and health of men. I would posit that to show boys something beyond this stereotype, a Sir that does feel and does grieve and yet can work through this pain to overcome it, is a much greater gift than the stoic Sir shown in IML posters and porn.<br /><br />Our pain, our mistakes, and our human frailties are all gifts we have to learn from and in the process, teach others.<br /><br />My heart goes out to you and yours and you know my Master's house is always there for you if you need us.<br /><br />In Leather,<br />redwarrior<br />slave of ShibariPyroAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7826686730938445192.post-30695781120409243942010-12-22T08:35:33.065-08:002010-12-22T08:35:33.065-08:00My best wishes to your boy in his treatment and re...My best wishes to your boy in his treatment and recovery.blackleatherbookshelfhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04077220767469540975noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7826686730938445192.post-67442555008987616152010-11-11T09:19:41.081-08:002010-11-11T09:19:41.081-08:00Sir,
My Love to you and your family. I offer you ...Sir,<br /><br />My Love to you and your family. I offer you this poem written by the late John O'Donahue as blessing to you and your family during this time. Blessed be Sir.<br /><br />david shorey<br /><br />Beannacht("Blessing")<br /> <br />On the day when<br />the weight deadens<br />on your shoulders<br />and you stumble,<br />may the clay dance<br />to balance you.<br /> <br />And when your eyes<br />freeze behind<br />the grey window<br />and the ghost of loss<br />gets in to you,<br />may a flock of colours,<br />indigo, red, green,<br />and azure blue<br />come to awaken in you<br />a meadow of delight.<br /> <br />When the canvas frays<br />in the currach of thought<br />and a stain of ocean<br />blackens beneath you,<br />may there come across the waters<br />a path of yellow moonlight<br />to bring you safely home.<br /> <br />May the nourishment of the earth be yours,<br />may the clarity of light be yours,<br />may the fluency of the ocean be yours,<br />may the protection of the ancestors be yours.<br />And so may a slow<br />wind work these words<br />of love around you,<br />an invisible cloak<br />to mind your life.<br /> <br /><br />~ John O'Donohue ~<br /> <br />(Echoes of Memory)DRShoreyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01268176197757987054noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7826686730938445192.post-37510270655286459492010-10-28T07:13:58.676-07:002010-10-28T07:13:58.676-07:00Community building or family creation is something...Community building or family creation is something that a lot of leathermen TALK about but really struggle to actually create. Thank for articulating some of what makes yours work.<br /><br />- Robert (www.robertmcdiarmid.com)Bob McDiarmidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08949061405373210844noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7826686730938445192.post-82887489387614802152010-10-28T07:13:32.261-07:002010-10-28T07:13:32.261-07:00This comment has been removed by the author.Bob McDiarmidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08949061405373210844noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7826686730938445192.post-55575332542769942132010-09-02T06:49:23.668-07:002010-09-02T06:49:23.668-07:00Thank you, Sir, for your kind comments. Wichita h...Thank you, Sir, for your kind comments. Wichita has always been a gracious and hospitable community. Each year, they only get more so. I, for one, am very happy to be amongst them and eager to work with them further!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02588166962111620423noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7826686730938445192.post-60932509299818405182010-07-31T14:03:31.486-07:002010-07-31T14:03:31.486-07:00You may not have consider yourself "Title Hol...You may not have consider yourself "Title Holder Type", but many of us feel that ILSb/ICBB is a different type of title. Rod & i look forward to seeing you here in San Francisco for Folsom Weekend.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com