An outstanding article. Few of us safe in the west know anything of these remote regions; their past histories and conflicts. Makes one feel naive and yet connected through Mr. Clarke's brilliant writing.
An outstanding article. Few of us safe in the west know anything of these remote regions; their past histories and conflicts. Makes one feel naive and yet connected through Mr. Clarke's brilliant writing.
Great post. Can you please visit me? I really like your Substack page. I’m about to launch my own. I’d like to take you up on your generous offer of advice. Thanks.
Warmest regards,
Malcolm
P.s. your recent post about Bea, tugged at my heart. As did Mike McCone, whose invisible presence could be felt in your comments of your PeaceCorps experience.
Thank you for this. I’d enjoy helping you set up Substack on your computer. They’re good people (home office on Market Street in San Francisco!) and writing on their site is a treat. (Please see a piece I wrote a few months ago about them: https://terenceclarke.substack.com/p/why-write-for-substack
I can come to you with my laptop, sit down with you and help set up your Substack account on yours. Usually, the first four days (Mon thru Thurs) of a week during the day are best for me.
Incidentally, in case you don’t have my email, it is teryclarke@mac.com . My phone is 415-990-8135. I have your email as margolinmalcolm@gmail.com and your phone number as (510) 559-8382. If any of that has changed, please let me know. I get so many scam phone calls these days that I now block them. (I’ll bet you get the same.) So, if your phone number has changed, give me your new one so that I can add it to my “legit” list, which will enable you to phone me if you need to.
And…thank you for your kind words about Bea. It’s been three and a half years now since we lost her. I’m doing well now, although those first two years were very sad ones. Bea was the love of my life. We were together for twenty years. One thing that did happen during her time in intensive care was that I shared the daily duty of being with her, with her two children and her son’s wife. It was during Covid, so we could only have one person in her room at a time, and only from 9 am to 9 pm. So, each of us had a three-hour shift every day for her month in intensive care. It was clear in the last 24 hours or so that she was not going to recover and, after a conversation with the physicians, which I was invited to join even though I was not an “official” member of the family, her daughter and son allowed all the intensive care stuff to be removed so that she could pass peacefully, which she did about four hours later. By that time, we were all allowed to be with her together. A sad, sad moment.
She cared deeply for you, Malcolm, and how you’ve led your life.
An outstanding article. Few of us safe in the west know anything of these remote regions; their past histories and conflicts. Makes one feel naive and yet connected through Mr. Clarke's brilliant writing.
An outstanding article. Few of us safe in the west know anything of these remote regions; their past histories and conflicts. Makes one feel naive and yet connected through Mr. Clarke's brilliant writing.
Great post. Can you please visit me? I really like your Substack page. I’m about to launch my own. I’d like to take you up on your generous offer of advice. Thanks.
Warmest regards,
Malcolm
P.s. your recent post about Bea, tugged at my heart. As did Mike McCone, whose invisible presence could be felt in your comments of your PeaceCorps experience.
Hello Malcolm,
Thank you for this. I’d enjoy helping you set up Substack on your computer. They’re good people (home office on Market Street in San Francisco!) and writing on their site is a treat. (Please see a piece I wrote a few months ago about them: https://terenceclarke.substack.com/p/why-write-for-substack
I can come to you with my laptop, sit down with you and help set up your Substack account on yours. Usually, the first four days (Mon thru Thurs) of a week during the day are best for me.
Incidentally, in case you don’t have my email, it is teryclarke@mac.com . My phone is 415-990-8135. I have your email as margolinmalcolm@gmail.com and your phone number as (510) 559-8382. If any of that has changed, please let me know. I get so many scam phone calls these days that I now block them. (I’ll bet you get the same.) So, if your phone number has changed, give me your new one so that I can add it to my “legit” list, which will enable you to phone me if you need to.
And…thank you for your kind words about Bea. It’s been three and a half years now since we lost her. I’m doing well now, although those first two years were very sad ones. Bea was the love of my life. We were together for twenty years. One thing that did happen during her time in intensive care was that I shared the daily duty of being with her, with her two children and her son’s wife. It was during Covid, so we could only have one person in her room at a time, and only from 9 am to 9 pm. So, each of us had a three-hour shift every day for her month in intensive care. It was clear in the last 24 hours or so that she was not going to recover and, after a conversation with the physicians, which I was invited to join even though I was not an “official” member of the family, her daughter and son allowed all the intensive care stuff to be removed so that she could pass peacefully, which she did about four hours later. By that time, we were all allowed to be with her together. A sad, sad moment.
She cared deeply for you, Malcolm, and how you’ve led your life.
So…let me know, and we’ll get together.
All is well,
Terry