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April 20, 2007 12:02 AM EDT -- My birthday. The 40th year of my life. Picasso's birthday too, same day, different year. I look at the number and it seems impossible. How could I have gotten that old already? I used to think 40 was . . . more
June 01, 2008 05:41 PM EDT -- A couple of weeks ago I got an email invitation for a May 31st memorial tribute that was going to be held at the Boston University School of Fine Arts for Harold Tovish, a sculptor and former Professor . . . more
May 07, 2007 07:17 PM EDT -- I'm writing this on the "T" to Central Square to meet RG. We're going to Rise's for dinner. It is a first. She hadn't even given him her new address until last night when she . . . more
July 14, 2007 08:17 AM EDT -- How do you know your teenage daughter loves you? When she calls you into the bathroom while she's taking a shower to relate a dream. When this event actually happened, I wrote about it in my journal. . . . more
May 19, 2007 09:23 AM EDT -- I spoke to Robin this evening. It's the first time I've heard his voice since that "unpleasant" experience about 2 weeks ago. He had no clear point in mind when he called. It was just . . . more
May 27, 2007 11:36 AM EDT -- It's always been tough for me to admit I need help, to ask anybody for anything, but this financial bind I got myself into, trying to keep my daughter in the Newton school system, has me in a panic. . . . more
OLD LOVES DIE HARD
by Cynthia C.
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June 15, 2008 10:36 PM EDT -- He called me at the office. It was late on Friday and I knew he held out till the last minute, hoping I'd call him instead. I didn't so he felt compelled. When you've engaged in a love affair . . . more
May 03, 2007 07:32 AM EDT -- One year ago this month I went to Friedrichshof for the first time and nothing has been the same ever since. RG and I in bed last night. A difficult time. He's strange with me, distant, cold. I feel . . . more
June 02, 2007 12:27 PM EDT -- Steven, the 23 year old I met at Carol and Barbara's Halloween party called me at work today to ask me to a party on Saturday night. He said there would be a lot of architects there from the Boston . . . more
June 03, 2007 11:03 AM EDT -- Somehow it seemed perfect. Immodest, RG used that word to describe me last night. It fit like a glove. We had dinner at Rise's. RG calculated that about 26 people had been invited, casually, granted . . . more
July 15, 2007 12:40 PM EDT -- Got a notice in today's mail from the high school. My daughter is failing gym because she comes in unprepared. I wonder if her cavalier attutude towards school has anything to do with her counting . . . more
July 08, 2007 10:32 AM EDT -- 35 minutes, I thought my time would have been better than that. Before RG left we had been running that same distance in 32-33 minutes. We keep track on the kitchen calendar recording our times. Last time . . . more
August 29, 2007 06:51 AM EDT -- RG called me from Friedrichshof, again, this morning.  There's a six hour difference so his day is winding down as mine begins. "To what do I owe the honor of this call?" I ask, wondering . . . more
July 19, 2007 05:33 PM EDT -- Went grocery shopping in Central Square. Since I was near Lotti's apartment I called to see if she wanted to meet me at Dunkin Donuts. She says she'd been thinking of calling me and agrees to meet. . . . more
January 15, 2008 08:04 AM EST -- It was a very cold, uncomfortable train ride from Vienna to Amsterdam. Not surprising I suppose for February, and an overnight ride through the mountains but all my other travel experiences in Europe led . . . more
May 08, 2007 07:17 AM EDT -- Tension, turmoil, a weekend extremely difficult to discuss. A triangle of push and pulls; my daughter, me and RG. It's the biggest confrontation since last November on Friedrichshof. There were two . . . more
June 01, 2008 01:58 PM EDT -- Last night Bill met Abbi and Teresa for the first time. We had an affable conversation. But talk soon slipped into the political arena. It included some talk about Libya, and the tense situation evolving . . . more
June 23, 2007 11:17 AM EDT -- My daughter is asleep beside me. We're on the train to New London to catch the Orient ferry to my parents house for Christmas. The sky is gray, snow laden. It was two years ago when RG caught this . . . more
July 23, 2007 07:48 AM EDT -- Last night Bill K. arrives all dressed up. We're going to a party. He brought my Christmas gifts, a book on contemporary erotic photography. He often buys me books I'm not really interested in. . . . more
September 11, 2007 07:48 AM EDT -- Yesterday, an American tragedy done in a typically American way, made public, broadcast over the TV, viewed by the entire world.  A few seconds after take off, the space shuttle Challenger exploded, . . . more
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