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07/16/2004: "Into the Now"

I don't do much for her birthday any more. I took a couple of red roses to the cemetery and laid them next to the headstone. I don't stay very long because I don't find her there. I did my usual day off tasks; paid bills, laundry, shopping. I called Z's mom and then, S. We talked about the memorial service, the back roads of Hunterdon, Morris, and Warren counties, I copied out the letter into my journal. Bob is still at AU, as a staff member. Barbara, the girl from across the street, moved to New York 20 years ago and I haven't heard from her since. Mark, my best friend from high school, moved to Philadelphia, and is married with two sons. Gen died about a year ago and her son is an entomologist in Australia. There was a wasp struggling in a cobweb outside my window. I called Z today.