Beginning that Thursday night in April in 1984, most of the time for the next two decades, Aleck and I roommated together. He wasn’t always around, mind, but he had a way of moving in and out without fuss (he so rarely had possessions to move with him) that I have a hard time hanging […]
May 4, 2021
My brother Aleck re-entered my life one Thursday, it seems to me a sunny Thursday afternoon, April 25th, 1984. The phone rang. “Is this Ted?” “Yes.” “It’s Aleck.” I couldn’t at that moment remember knowing an Aleck. “Aleck. Aleck, your brother. You know, Tommy.” Oh, that Aleck. Now, the last time I’d seen my brother […]
May 11, 2021
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