A lovely piece, evocative. It echoes a sense of longing for places that have receded into the past of my own life. I also can’t help but be amazed (and a little bemused) that you are all of maybe 25 years old, if I estimate right? I bring this up being just in my mid-30s myself, so it may seem odd to point this out, but you’re still so young! So much of your relationship to this past and these people will continue to change and evolve in completely unpredictable ways. Surely, though, your present perspective and thoughtfulness will serve you well to process that growth and evolution.
Brother, a number of those life beats echo my own. Between the timings of friends departed past childhood, to college relationships that festered and eventually burnt to ash, there was some catharsis in me to read that. Thank you.
Nick - incredible writing. Keep going!
A lovely piece, evocative. It echoes a sense of longing for places that have receded into the past of my own life. I also can’t help but be amazed (and a little bemused) that you are all of maybe 25 years old, if I estimate right? I bring this up being just in my mid-30s myself, so it may seem odd to point this out, but you’re still so young! So much of your relationship to this past and these people will continue to change and evolve in completely unpredictable ways. Surely, though, your present perspective and thoughtfulness will serve you well to process that growth and evolution.
Brother, a number of those life beats echo my own. Between the timings of friends departed past childhood, to college relationships that festered and eventually burnt to ash, there was some catharsis in me to read that. Thank you.
I like you’re writing style.
<3 :)