"Write," said Joe.

Trying to get my head around this and that.

Archives for April 2021

A Brief History of Our Time Together

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12.06.14 The Early Years Childhood1970 ::: we both arrive in Montreal from somewhere elseI live on St. Urbain, the very same street in Mordecai Richler's seventh novel, St. Urbain's Horseman. I go to the very same elementary school your maternal grandfather went to, back when the neighborhood was Jewish. Adolescence 1976 ::: we attend the same school for grade 7 … [Read more...] about A Brief History of Our Time Together

Movies – 1983

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12.05.14 From IMDb, the movies I remember seeing with you in '83. Which is odd there are so many, especially since I was gone from mid-February to July, that year. The OutsidersScarfaceStar Wars: Episode VI - Return of the JediRisky BusinessTrading PlacesNational Lampoon's VacationWar GamesOctopussyChristineFlashdanceTerms of EndearmentThe Right StuffThe Big … [Read more...] about Movies – 1983

Movies – 1982

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2,35012.04.14 It has been 2,350 days since I saw a movie with you. I figured out we started our friendship in 1982 in the darkened theatres of Montreal. I worked my way backward to the year by remembering that I was 19, and because I ran away to Greece after my 20th birthday, in February the following year. We became friends over movies. I clearly remember seeing these … [Read more...] about Movies – 1982

27 Hours

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12.03.14 Dear Joe It's been 2,349 days since we last talked. I missed yesterday - day 2,348. my brain was exhausted. It's all too much. 11.22.14…11.23.14…11.24.14…11.25.14…11.26.14…11.27.14…11.28.14…11.29.14…11.30.14...12.01.14...12.02.14...12.03.14   -=-   12.04.14   -=-   12.05.14   -=-   12.06.14   -=-   12.07.14   -=-   12.08.14   -=-   12.09.14   -=-   12.10.14   … [Read more...] about 27 Hours

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12.02.14 Joe, you knew that no matter how much I loved you I always knew that you loved me more. You knew that, right. You also must have known that anyone who had any sense of you and of us they also knew that I could never love you as much as you loved me. And I was and am okay with that. Your loving me more was the cocoon that made me un-killable. No matter how many times … [Read more...] about More