My Mother Was A Reader, And She

I Never Have A Thematic Intention At The Outset. The Story Informs The Theme For Me Rather Than The Other Way Around. But As It Happens... This Is, At Least To A Degree, About Getting Old And The Rapid Passage Of Our Lives.

There Seems To Be No Air In The Air She Breaths.

And Didn't They Say That, Although Curiosity Killed The Cat, Satisfaction Brought The Beast Back?

It Was The Kiss By Which All The Others Of His Life Would Be Judged And Found Wanting.

At The Time We’re Stuck In It, Like Hostages Locked In A Turkish Bath, High School Seems The Most Serious Business In The World To Just About All Of Us. It’s Not Until The Second Or Third Class Reunion That We Start Realizing How Absurd The Whole Thing Was.