I found this in Don't You Have Time to Think?, an extensive collection of letters, personal and professional, edited by his daughter Michelle. Something reminded me the date was near. Her introduction to this one is this: "This letter is well worn-much more so than others-and it appears as though he reread it often."

Thursday, Oct. 17, '46 ( Read more... )

I guess it wouldn't quite be Valentine's without late-night, ill-advised, confessional chat conversations with former loves, would it? ...oh, just me? Ah well. Happy Valentine's Day, theotherjay; and happy Valentine's, everyone else out there who is dear to my heart ( Read more... )

Since it *is* St. Valentine's Day:

After all these years, this is still one of my favorite quotes on romance. I'll spare you the usual lead-up (though if you haven't read this much-reused e-mail of mine from 2004, feel free to; I still like it and it does give you some context) and put the important part here:

"Romance is just an operatic form ( Read more... )

And I want life in every word, to the extent that it's absurd

What. An. Experience. That reading was intense. Pancho was amazing, of course. But over and above, I haven't read--or heard--poetry in a while, and I'd almost forgotten what it does to me ( Read more... )

Thanksgiving in the United States was a couple of days ago, and in between the turkey and the fellowship and the hubbub, I've been thinking about the various things for which I am grateful. Mostly in the abstract sense, as the tangibles are a little bit more immediate, a little bit more likely to be consciously appreciated from day to day ( Read more... )

OH WOW!

Cutest Overload ever:
the proposal
the reply

And then, reading the comments, I find that I know (of) these people--that is, I've seen those icons and that username before. Apparently we have mutual friends. (some of you!) Small Interweb!

Congratulations ariiadne and vyrin!

OH AND CONGRATULATIONS TO jennekirby, too! YAAAY ( Read more... )