Category Archives: James

Stalker, Scene 48, A Moment

Posted on January 30, 2012 by

(Dear Reader, have you missed any earlier scenes? Catch up with this link: Stalker.) Portland, Oregon 1998 A perfect moment.  Baby languished in her backyard, listening to the fountain nestled in the wall that James built for her from rocks he lugged in from … Continue reading →

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Stalker, Scene 47, Assignment 29 — An Early Death

Posted on October 22, 2011 by

(Dear Reader, have you missed any earlier scenes? Catch up with this link: Stalker) In 2009, I saw Stalker for the first time in decades; for the first time since 1970, in Patrick’s parents’ home in the Bronx, in their basement with the … Continue reading →

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Stalker, Scene 44, Flower Beds

Posted on October 1, 2011 by

(Dear Reader, have you missed any earlier scenes? Catch up with this link: Stalker) Portland, Oregon.  1994 “I’m looking for a house.  It’s time for me to buy a house,” said James, sitting across the oak dining room table from me.  Doing the … Continue reading →

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Stalker, Scene 43, The Jar

Posted on September 24, 2011 by

(Dear Reader, have you missed any earlier scenes? Catch up with this link: Stalker) Portland, Oregon.  1990. What type of green fuzz is in this dusty, old, glass jam jar?  I held the jar up to the morning sunbeam, coming through the basement window.  I squinted, and … Continue reading →

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Stalker, Scene 42, Emergency Room

Posted on September 23, 2011 by

(Dear Reader, have you missed any earlier scenes? Catch up with this link: Stalker) Portland, Oregon.  1988 What if he never came home?  It was 3:00 a.m.  James had gone to a party, on the houseboat.  He hadn’t minded my staying home … Continue reading →

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Stalker, Scene 41, Too Big

Posted on September 16, 2011 by

(Dear Reader, have you missed any earlier scenes? Catch up with this link: Stalker) Portland, Oregon. Late 1980s The house was too big. James could fill it up, but without him . . . the house was too big for … Continue reading →

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Stalker, Scene 39, Paying the Price

Posted on September 5, 2011 by

(Dear Reader, have you missed any earlier scenes? Catch up with this link: Stalker) Portland, Oregon.  1986 A week after moving into the house, my mind snapped.  I was standing at the bottom of the front steps when it happened: … Continue reading →

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Stalker, Scene 38, A Warning

Posted on September 1, 2011 by

(Dear Reader, have you missed any earlier scenes? Catch up with this link: Stalker) 1986, Portland, Oregon Only one person warned me about James.  Shirley Henry.  Shirley Henry was a senior member of the university’s Personnel Department, and had known James … Continue reading →

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Stalker, Scene 37, Chicken Soup

Posted on August 20, 2011 by

1986, Portland, Oregon My mother answered my letter.  Yes, she had broached my father with my question:   Would he accept Baby’s marrying a man who wasn’t Jewish?  Even though it went against everything he had been taught?  Even though his Orthodox relatives would reject me, … Continue reading →

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Stalker, Scene 36, Falling in Love 1986

Posted on August 13, 2011 by

When Stalker asks me about “James” on the spreadsheet, I will have this essay ready for him. 1986, Portland, Oregon.  My fantasy has come true and James wants me.  “I watched you every day from my window.  I watched you crossing the … Continue reading →

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