Stasis

Well, dear reader, given the low likelihood of a quick return to home, I think I might need to put this site on hold for a while. It doesn't mean that I will not return, it simply means I have to orient toward being in DC for the time being and figuring out a plan for return.

Dear Jim

It's been a while since I've had a long conversation. (Does a bletter count?) I felt compelled to get with you, because of all the changes in your old neighborhood.

I just went to the new Vida Fitness that is just a block south of your old place. It opened a few weeks ago and it's really nice. I think I might join it. It's in a new condo building, the Metropole, at the corner of 15th and P. Just down the street from the Whole Foods, and there's a bunch of other new and newish apartment buildings all around that 1400 block of P.

The gym has these swimming pools with current machines in them so you're always swimming and staying in place. All the new equipment. Free weights. All kinds of aerobic equipment. Nice lockers. All modern, great music too. No bike parking: big minus for me.

The crowd at the gym was pretty young, pretty much all with sleeveless shirts or tank tops. Very gay. I think you would like the eye candy.

Amazing to think you would be 56 if you were still alive. I always wonder why I'm still alive, and why you left us so early. I never really got a chance to say goodbye. Almost to the end, I thought you would somehow pull through.

I miss you Jim, even though so much has happened since then. 18 years! Time flies.

I hope you're still looking out for me. It sure seemed like you did those first few years after you died.

Your love,

Mark