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[Late May,  I am moving toward the exit from my marital home.  Carol is waiting, not very patiently.  This closes the arc of this story,and so it will end this blog.] Tuesday night Carol, Just came back from seeing “On … Continue reading →

[We  had reached a turning point.  It was no longer a question of whether we would find a way to be together but rather the when and the how.  Carol’s last letter invited/demanded that I come to live with her … Continue reading →

[Carol’s letter starts on Sunday night and it is again lengthy, 5 plus closely written sides. I think I will transcribe almost all of it while skipping over secondary details concerning her academic situation. The reference to Saturday morning suggests … Continue reading →

[Our letters describing this weekend crossed.  From this vantage point so many years later, I find it interesting to note similarities and differences in our situations.  Both home fronts are approaching termination points but the emotional atmosphere in each is … Continue reading →

[In thinking about how important writing her thoughts down was for Carol, I am reminded that she appended a quote, attributed to English novelist E.M. Foster, to her email signature: “How do I know what I think until I see … Continue reading →

[It is early May.  We are both back in our increasingly untenable situations, each being dealt with in different ways as best we could at the time.] Friday night Carol, An unanticipated opportunity to write to you.  Party preparation preoccupation … Continue reading →

Click on the Covers for Steve and Carol’s Books                 This entry was posted in Uncategorized. Bookmark the permalink. Edit Note to My Subscribers It has recently come to my attention that between the end of this blog’s original run, … Continue reading →

[During spring break and an unusual snowfall  that April, the center did not hold in my house.  I do not recall the specific cause.  But I just left, and wound up spending some time with  Ed, a  friend with whom … Continue reading →

[‘As the end of April approaches, tensions in both households reach unsustainable levels, and in both situations, in the words of Yeats’ “The Second Coming,”  the center would not hold much longer.  The first letter in this post is mine, … Continue reading →

[Moving into April, the tone in our letters loses the occasional light or humorous touch, replaced by increasing expressions of emotional need for an end to our separateness.  My letter from early in the month is filled with news, first … Continue reading →