All Of That Loneliness And Longing In

In Luggage Claim At The Minneapolis Airport, The Guy Came Up To Me And Said, "maybe You're Wrong, Maybe Stories Do Matter." I Wrote That On A Scrap Of Paper And Put It Above My Desk. That Was The Thing That Pushed Me Through To The End Of Telling Despereaux, That Comment, "maybe They Do...maybe Stories Matter."

You Are The Ever-expanding Universe To Me

Men And Boys Always Want To Go Fight. They Are Always Looking For A Reason To Go To War. It Is The Saddest Thing. They Have This Abiding Notion That War Is Fun. And No History Lesson Will Convince Them Differently.

Nobody Ever Learns Anything.

Holly Mcghee Said I Should Come To Dinner With Them. That First Dinner, I Said Something Pretty Smart-alecky, And Alison [mcghee] Laughed Really Hard At It. It Made Me Happy.