Methuselah’s Daughter: Part 2
Destiny’s Road
Thanks to the human heart by which we live,
Thanks to its tenderness, its joys, and fears,
To me the meanest flower that blows can give
Thoughts that do often lie too deep for tears.
(William Wordsworth, 1770?1850)
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Chapter 11
Circa 1100 B.C., somewhere near Scandinavia
It was [...]
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Chapter 10
God hath chosen the foolish things of the world to confound the wise; and God hath chosen the weak things of the world to confound the things which are mighty. (First Corinthians, 1:27)
–[Begin Journal entry]–
25 November 2004 (Thanksgiving)
The windows are dark when I awaken, and the clock on my bed stand says 03:02 in [...]
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Chapter 8
?[Begin Journal entry]?
10 November 2004
Jacqueline Novak is dying.
On the flight from Harrisburg I find my mind running over my telephone conversations with Jacqueline’s husband, Dennis, again and again. He is distraught almost beyond words, and when he realizes all his family are scattered literally to the four corners of the Earth, he calls [...]
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Chapter 7
The next morning, back at the hotel, I found myself thumbing through her journal entries. Like lots of personal journals, they were scattershot and rambling, although sometimes compelling.
?[Begin Journal entry]?
Why would I allow myself to love? For me love is both a selfish indulgence and an invitation to despair. It is destructive to the [...]
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Chapter 5
I re-read her accounting of our meeting the previous night, shaking my head. “It’s a little disconcerting reading your descriptions. I’m supposed to be the writer, you’re supposed to be the subject.” I was sitting comfortably in her hospital room that next morning, waiting for them to move her downstairs.
“You watch me, I watch [...]
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