Archive for Friendship
Gary Chapman’s five love languages paradigm categorizes the kinds of things that make people feel loved/valued. Here’s the original list: receiving gifts quality time words of affirmation acts of service physical touch I find this general paradigm useful—the idea that different people have different modes and approaches that make them feel valued—but I want to […]
Bruce Chadwick was one of my oldest friends. Sometime yesterday, he took his own life. This is a long post...
This is a pattern in my life: Someone tells me something. I don't agree with what they said, but I...
A couple of the friends I'm seeing this visit I've known since 1983; over two-thirds of my life. Some of...
A substantial number of my friends live in and near Boston; I realized some years back that it didn't really...
I have several half-written posts about polyamory and what it means to me, but those aren't likely to be in...
My friend L and I had been hanging out together for a few months, but they almost never asked me...
My company doesn't have sabbaticals per se any more, but they do allow people to take extended unpaid leave, with...
It occurred to me Sunday evening that it's been fifteen years (plus a week) since the end of my Wanderjahr....
I've been getting Facebook friend requests from people I don't know for quite a while now. (As I imagine most...
One of my favorite bits of verse popped into my head again the other day, for no particular reason, as...
The Short Sisters' version of "It's a Pleasure to Know You" just came up on iTunes as I was packing,...