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Chapter 7 – iv

Posted on July 6, 2020 by Al

!!!!!*****WORKING DRAFT*****!!!!! It took me several weeks of crumpled paper, but finally, I was able to send this off to Mike: Dear Mike, And so my roommate just asked me who I was writing to & I said “my old … Continue reading →

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Chapter 7 – iii

Posted on July 5, 2020 by Al

!!!!!*****WORKING DRAFT*****!!!!! Adrift in Cambridge, I relied more and more on my remaining friends. Jeanne and Marcia stayed with me at 119 Oxford, giving us one spare bedroom for guests and parties. A month into the semester, on the first … Continue reading →

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Chapter 7 – ii

Posted on July 4, 2020 by Al

!!!!!*****WORKING DRAFT*****!!!!! Helen and Sylvia met me at the airport. As the freeway came to an end in downtown San Francisco, Helen chortled, “No Los Angeles for us, Janie. The people said, ‘No, we don’t want our waterfront, our city, … Continue reading →

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Chapter 7 – i

Posted on July 3, 2020 by Al

!!!!!*****WORKING DRAFT*****!!!!! Seven AM, the traffic flowing out of downtown LA was light, not at all the gridlock heading in. The sheer breadth of the freeway overwhelmed me, compared to the narrow streets and cobbled alleys of Boston/Cambridge. An interchange … Continue reading →

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Chapter 6 -xvii

Posted on July 2, 2020 by Al

!!!!!*****WORKING DRAFT*****!!!!! We continued, that sultry muggy summer, to engage and disengage, sharing desultory days and nights, both of us afraid, I guess, to be the first to say good-bye for good. One evening, Mike brought out the slides he’d … Continue reading →

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Chapter 6 – xvi

Posted on July 1, 2020 by Al

!!!!!*****WORKING DRAFT*****!!!!! SHOW A LITTLE FAITH Schools fell like dominos that spring, after the Kent State and Jackson State campus killings. All the colleges in the country, it seemed, closed their doors. At the time, I thought it was in … Continue reading →

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Chapter 6 – xv

Posted on June 29, 2020 by Al

!!!!!*****WORKING DRAFT*****!!!!! Visiting Mike in Colorado, and creating his 21st birthday card shifted my internal compass. In January and February, as I tentatively explored what being with another man might feel like, my own future had become my True North. … Continue reading →

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Chapter 6 – xiv

Posted on June 28, 2020 by Al

!!!!!*****WORKING DRAFT*****!!!!! Friday, the traditional end of a ski week, found us taking the Big Burn lift all the way to the top of the mountain. It was my graduation day, when I would finally stretch my wings away from … Continue reading →

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Chapter 6 – xiii

Posted on June 27, 2020 by Al

!!!!!*****WORKING DRAFT*****!!!!! Mike was waiting for me as I walked off the plane into Stapleton airport. Once again the mile-high air in Denver had me breathless, almost panting, my cheeks flushed. He stood hesitantly, gauging my mood. Then, a soft … Continue reading →

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Chapter 6 – xii

Posted on June 26, 2020 by Al

!!!!!*****WORKING DRAFT*****!!!!! Next morning, an hour or so after he had left to drive back home, Mike called. “It’s the car. It just stopped.” “Where are you?” “At a gas station, near the Pru.” He sounded resigned, confused. “What are … Continue reading →

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