The casual observer would never guess that my friend wakes up each morning in despair. He smiles easily. He flirts. He laughs. He listens. He’s a great talker, too, an authentic bohemian spreading good will and philosophy with no visible means of support. When I saw my friend this morning, though, I could tell that […]
When I cut my last tie to Centre Stage July 15, I anticipated something like the transition from sleep to wakefulness. A brief period of disorientation, a hot shower, a meal and a brisk walk to … wherever. Instead, my health deteriorated so quickly and so sharply that I thought I was dying. I paid […]
My table manners. That, she told me later, was the thing about me that had caught her eye. Sitting alone in the dining hall at the College of Charleston, I’d put my napkin in my lap and kept my elbows off the table. One of the few times in my young life that being a […]
