I am away again, this time with Phyllis and Kosov. HH assures me she can manage to feed Jass in our absence.
Our weather has turned from temperatures last week of low to mid 20s/70-80 to today as I type 13/55. Isn't that just great when you are going away although it will be a few degrees warmer for the next few days.
The task of sorting things out on my computer goes on. It is quite a task when there is around thirty years of history, much of which was filed and forgotten about. I have surprised myself with odds and sods I've found floating around.
I came across a link to a US gay guy's website I used to read way back in the nineties, and to my surprise, the website still works. It ran from 1996 until 2000. Justin would have been twenty years old then. If you'd like to take a look,
He started a new site in 2001 and it continued until 2003. The final entry mentions he is 27, and is using crutches to get around. Justin would now be fifty years old. Hmm, the whiff of nostalgia is very strong.
Later: I've realised his real name is on his website, Justin Clouse. I will turn to stalker mode....that wasn't hard. He's on all the social media sites, and the only other Justin Clouse is a dead soldier.
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Enjoy your days away, whatever the temperatures.
ReplyDeleteIt's amazing what we sometimes find squirreled away, whether in files or closets. lol Justin's Letter to a Friend moved me greatly. Thank you for sharing and travel safe, my dear.
ReplyDeleteWherever it is you and those two are going, you'll have to tell us about it when you come back. I'm sure it will be interesting.
ReplyDeleteEnjoy yourselves and the road trip!
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I hope HH doesn't take a fall in your place and you find her there, still on the floor, Jass sitting atop her, when you return.
ReplyDeleteI still text her each morning at 8.30 when I'm away.
DeleteTalking of nostalgia :)
ReplyDeleteIn 1966 I did a year of study abroad, before starting Melbourne Uni. There were possibly 10 Australians in the group back then, and I have seen a few every so often. Now one of the group has started an on-line Reunion Group, the first meeting arranged to get together with another 1966 student from New Zealand who is visiting Melbourne.
I never check back on blogs I used to follow, I have too many books that are waiting for my time.
ReplyDeleteI have been clearing out old blog links, for people who no longer post. It is surprising how many great writers stop.
ReplyDeleteOld websites feel like digital ghosts, quietly holding pieces of lives and eras we thought had vanished long ago.
ReplyDeleteHave a good time away Andrew.
ReplyDeleteAlways interesting when cleaning out the computer or external hard drives, it's amazing what one finds.
Enjoy your time, Andrew! Good that Jass has someone in your absence!
ReplyDeleteI have wondered why some people quite blogging. My guess they don't want to tell the same story over and over. Safe travels
ReplyDeleteEnjoy your trip.
ReplyDeleteSo strange to people who don't blog. They do not understand why I miss people I never met. I will always wonder about Tasker and Dave.
So many people we get to know online... Finding someone from 30 years ago, is really nostalgic.
ReplyDeleteI got a shock about Justin being 50 now! Silly because I was 28 in 2000 so pretty close to him in age.
ReplyDeleteHave a good time away, Andrew.
ReplyDeleteThere are so many old bloggers that I have seen disappear and wonder how they are.
I'd never seen that particular page before. He was blogging before blogging was a thing! He's ten years younger than I am.
ReplyDeleteWe have had the same sort of temperatures here, Winter hasn't hit yet and won't until about June, funny how social media can be used to stalk most people. Have a nice weekend.
ReplyDeleteOh, I forgot to mention, Andrew...the temperatures here in Montreal have been chilly, but honestly I don't mind because one the high heat and humidity...and dreaded wildfires start, today is like a breath of fresh air. Literally.
ReplyDeleteEnjoy your time!
Enjoy your time away Andrew. I arrived in Lisbon yesterday and it's colder here in Spring than it was in Perth in Autumn. I certainly didn't come prepared for the cold!
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