B.Michael fostered growth in everyone around him. His deeply nurturing spirit also benefited the natural world. He was a big fan of houseplants and derived joy from caring for them in his urban settings.
His East Village home, which he shared for a time with lover John, included a bank of five sun-drenched windows, each connected to a tiny room, that ran along the same wall of the East 11th Street apartment building. The sills were chock-full of potted plants of different heights and widths.
Whenever B.Michael went away, he would leave John’s clear instructions for providing them TLC . . .