The art of losing isn’t hard to master *Even before I found myself parked across the street from the entrance to Maine Med’s ER in Portland watching the steady arrival of ambulances laden with the sick—East Millinocket, Norway, South Portland lettered on their doors—and trying not to cry, I’d been thinking about loss, what is already lost, what I am losing.
I found this via Story Club, and I really enjoy reading your writing, Kathleen. I hope your husband is mending well and gaining back his health. I wish you both a lovely New Year.
Beautifully written, Kathleen. I'm grateful for your handling of our entanglement with loss, happy that the story ends well, and glad to see Elizabeth Bishop's beautiful work being put to good use.
Also, that's quite a comment from your young friend V. That's a new one to me. Terribly sad, and new.
Thanks for your discerning comments about the piece. I'd never looked at the grief of my generation through the lens V. presented either. It opens a new way to think about this. I am going to run a workshop for Third Act for those of us who fiddled and explore this idea more. Thank you for your insightful Substack blog, Field Guide to the Anthropocene. Your last two pieces on growth are wonderfully helpful for non-economic headed folks like me.
This was beautiful and hit close to home; I'm in Maine as well. Very best wishes to you and your family!
I found this via Story Club, and I really enjoy reading your writing, Kathleen. I hope your husband is mending well and gaining back his health. I wish you both a lovely New Year.
So glad you found me here, Sara, Story Club is great fun isn't it!!
enjoyed reading this very much... 3/4 of a century old - I'm getting there.
Beautifully written, Kathleen. I'm grateful for your handling of our entanglement with loss, happy that the story ends well, and glad to see Elizabeth Bishop's beautiful work being put to good use.
Also, that's quite a comment from your young friend V. That's a new one to me. Terribly sad, and new.
Thanks for your discerning comments about the piece. I'd never looked at the grief of my generation through the lens V. presented either. It opens a new way to think about this. I am going to run a workshop for Third Act for those of us who fiddled and explore this idea more. Thank you for your insightful Substack blog, Field Guide to the Anthropocene. Your last two pieces on growth are wonderfully helpful for non-economic headed folks like me.