i finally checked the mail and i received my last amazon order: cherry grove, fire island: sixty years in america's first gay and lesbian town.
excellent!
anyway, to elaborate on the last point. soon after my family moved to one of those square states west of the missouri river, i discovered that my dad had been pursued by a prominent university in los angeles to teach. at the time, i couldn't understand why he chose to go to the other, less "fabulous" location.
he replied, "because i can live like a king in a big house in a quiet place, and no one will bother me. i can go fishing and tend a garden and plant trees in my back yard, and i don't have to wake up to smog."
dad, i finally get it.
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