“Oh, this is lovely.” Those were the words out of Claire’s mouth as she stood at the back door of the bungalow staring into the woods. I honestly could not tell if she was being sincere or sarcastic. I’m pretty sure she was being sincere and I just wasn’t used to it. I looked out […]
I drove to the gas station but I didn’t relish the thought of standing in the cold to talk to Ziggy. I didn’t know where else to go, though.
Go on and place your bets now about how long it was before I talked to Ziggy. Go on. I’m sure some of you are numbering the days, while others are thinking of weeks and months. It’s okay. I remember vividly how long some of our previous “separations” were and I know you do, too. […]
I woke up from a nap a while later. It was dark but, you know, it was winter, so it was only like six o’clock? Claire was out cold. She had picked the bedroom that had the window that faced the back. I had tried to steer her toward the other one, which only had […]
We made it to the grocery store. While walking up and down the aisles with Claire I had an uncomfortable but probably inevitable flashback to that time I walked around in a grocery store in California. You remember: that time I gave myself heatstroke after Ziggy left for India. This isn’t going to be that […]
At the doctor’s office they took her into a room right away while I sat alone in the waiting room. I paged a little through a two-month-old People magazine but really didn’t absorb much and ended up just sitting there, thinking about Ziggy. The waiting room slowly filled up, and they took more people into […]
You want to know why I didn’t call my partner/spouse/other half/love of my life back right away after we had an epic telephone fight? Well, there are a lot of reasons, but the main one may surprise you. I mean, of course the next day was hectic. Our plan was to move, after all. And […]
“Hi.” “Hi.” Ridiculous. I know. But that’s what we each said and then we sat there–or stood, in my case–listening to each other breathe. Ricky tore himself away and shuffled some paperwork while pretending not to listen. I tried to start. “How was dinner?”
Okay, because it’s Christmas, I wanted to do something special, and I realize this means dragging out the cliffhanger a bit, but that’s just how the dates fell. I wrote you guys a little Christmas story from Ziggy’s point of view, about his high school days in NYC. Thursday we’ll be back to our regularly […]
When I got back, Claire didn’t answer a soft knock on her door and I assumed she’d gone to sleep. I left all of her things in the car and went to my own room to call Ziggy and pack. I called his apartment first, but there was no answer. They were probably still out […]