“Your life is complicated right now, Eric… you don’t need any more complications… ya know?” You pressed your forehead against mine as we lay there, smiling wistfully and running your fingers through the hair on the back of my head… …when the phone rang. “Hey, homeboy, it’s Cindy! How are you?” “Cindy! Uhhh, hi! I’m...
read moreSitting in a meeting, I felt a tap at my shoulder. A hushed voice whispered in my ear. “Dude, I just saw Cindy. She’s leaving, man.” “WHAT?” I whispered loudly. “Where?!? Is she gone?” “No, she’s downstairs getting a rental car,” came the hurried reply. “If you run, you might just catch her.” This frantically whispered...
read moreSLEA HEAD, COUNTY KERRY, IRELAND – October 1, 1997 – There’s a place on the western coast of Ireland called Slea Head. The westernmost point of Europe, it is treeless hills and sheep and tiny stone cottages and whipping winds and pounding surf, and the greenest grass you’ll ever see. I climbed out to the edge once: a couple hundred feet above the jagged rocks and crashing waves...
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