Thanks so much, Jim. You’re now officially invited to speak at my Celebration of Life. Really though, your words gave me quite a lift. (And I’m fine... knock wood.) If I have competing titles, I tend to make one the thread title and the other the “actual” title. So liking the Longhand title is helpful. For the longest time I had it titled My Own Hand, which, given the general subject, became, um, problematic. (Or I could just turn the whole thing into a limerick.) And, yes yes, I owe David big for that. It hit me immediately.
I’m fond of Heaney, but didn’t know that poem—it's gorgeous. Thank you. I used to make my students read Punishment (and play Seamus reading it). Thanks again for your very generous words.
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