Friendship Set on Fire
Today we published Peter Saint-Andre’s excellent essay “The Art of Friendship” at the Atlasphere.
I am particularly fond of this essay.
Kathy e-mailed it to me in July 1999, shortly after we had met in Vermont and struck up an active e-mail correspondence.
Mid-way through reading the essay next morning, multi-tasking on the way to work, I remember getting a chill down my spine and thinking, “Any woman that would send me this essay is worth taking very seriously.”
I promptly broke things off with a woman I’d been dating casually, and told Kathy that I was no longer seeing anyone.
Below is a photo I took of Kathy a few days ago. She’s been letting her bangs grow out and returning to her natural hair color, which I like even better than the blonde highlights.
Love is friendship set on fire.
