Feature stories on the Great Lakes Den (interviews, profiles, fun stuff).
Fourth in a four-part series I’ve talked about supporting, using and creating leather press. So it just makes sense to talk about writing for it. I’m gonna focus on two types, factual and opinion. Factual will be any item about an upcoming event, a contest, a civil rights news item, etc. It’s for pure information…
In my ongoing series on members of the community, we have the pleasure of learning a little more about Pup Turbo! Tell me about your titles leading up to your Current title. Before I became IPTC International Puppy I received Northwest Puppy 2016 and IPC Best in Show 2015. Northwest Puppy is a regional title…
Third in a four-part series There are actually some good reasons to become part of the leather press. I have complained a bit about the challenges, but there are things I like about it. And I’d love for more people to join it. The first reason, it’s a way to give back. One thing the…
Second in a four-part series So you have an event or news item you want to get out. You put it in a Facebook post. Done, right? Oh hell no. First, simply creating an event and making a post will not get attention. I have 1,023 followers of the Great Lakes Den. I have about…
First in a four-part series There is a lot going on in the community and a lot of uneven communication. So I do want to try to get some perspective on using the community press. First thing I want to get across because it bears repeating. We can only do so much. Almost NONE of…
Renee Beckman of Alaska won this year’s Women’s International Leather Legacy title last month in Dallas. She’s become the latest Alaskan to take home an international title, one of a distinguished line.
“I’m actually the fifth,” Renee said in a phone interview with the Great Lakes Den. “We now have more international titleholders than anywhere else in the United States.”
Renee said she was actually shocked to win with the class of contestants she competed with. This year had five women competing, the largest number yet. She was taken aback by the bios of the other women and all they had done. When she was announced as the winner, she knew she had done enough.
Puppy on the Prowl is continuing it’s goal to introduce more people in the community. Through questions and conversation, we will learn about people from all walks of life: bootblacks, puppies, leather folk, and everyone in between. While we will still meet titleholders current and past, we will also be introducing you to others in…
We’ve posted on our Facebook page, but we thought, just in case, you’d like to see the eclipse video off social media as well. Enjoy! Video courtesy of KUSA in Oregon.
When I started this series, I was hoping to bring a new focus on a group of individuals in our community, the BOOTBLACKs. Bootblacks have been a major part of our community for as long as we have been a community. As was discussed in my article with IMBB 2017 Pup Pawlish, the International Bootblack…
Let’s take a moment to introduce you to all three of this year’s current International Bootblacks. There are three in all, International Mr. Bootblack (IMBB), International Ms Bootblack (IMsBB), and International Community Bootblack (ICBB). In this three part series the bootblacks were each asked a series of questions as well as some questions asked of…
