The Chair Situation
March tenth. The laundromat on a Sunday morning is a very specific exercise in letting go of expectations, and the main expectation I let go of was that I would find a chair. Simo…
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The Elevator Was Out
February twenty-seventh. My neighbor knocked on my door at six-forty Wednesday evening with the expression of a person who has just done math they didn't want to do. The elevator…
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The Night We Almost Didn't Go
February ninth. We had not actually planned this. Simone texted at six-fifteen saying she was nearby after running an errand and did I want to get one drink somewhere, and I had b…
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The Almost Portion of the Evening
February fifth. We were supposed to leave at seven. It was seven thirty-eight when we actually got out the door, which is about right for any evening that starts with Simone stand…
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From the Other Direction
January twenty-fifth. We were unlacing shoes on the bench after the Tuesday session, the usual wind-down, the part where neither of us is ready to go back out into the cold, and S…
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What Patient Looks Like
January fourteenth. The apartment is very quiet this morning and I have been sitting with that fact for about twenty minutes, trying to decide if it needs anything done about it.…
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The Rest Day Verdict
January third. We were only stopping in because the Tuesday session had run over and we were both a little cold and a little unwilling to split up yet. That is the honest reason w…
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The Feedback Portion
December twenty-third. The last session before the holiday break, and neither of us had to stay for the feedback portion. The class was technically over. The instructor had alread…
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The Clementine Afternoon
December twelfth. Simone showed up with a bag of clementines she'd grabbed from the corner market on the way over, no particular reason, just that they were two dollars and it fel…
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The Kitchen Floor
December first. I called Carol after dinner and somehow ended up sitting on the kitchen floor, back against the lower cabinets, wool socks on the tile. I'm not sure when I slid do…
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