I've taken the year off from men. I might take off another. I can't remember how I made time for that last one. Fast forward to this past week. Continuing with men as a measure as I reflect back over 3.5 decades.
Reputations have a reputation for being falsely rendered.
I look back on the men I've loved and the ones who have loved back, or tried. I mentioned a test, years ago, when writing my birthday column, year 32. I sometimes forget this. We often forget the good times, good feelings, good men. This past year, though, perhaps in response to the book, a lot of those men got back in touch.