Category: Julie Showalter
On Julie’s Birthday: “We made in those days tiny identical rooms inside our bodies which the men who uncover our graves will find in a thousand years, shining and whole.” From Gold By Donald Hall
Julie Liked Yellow Roses On Her Birthday One of the few reliable sources of solace I found after the death of my wife, Julie, almost 19 years ago has been Donald Hall’s poetryContinue reading
Video: Candlestick – Penny Showalter
As friends and readers may know, I finally adjusted to the fact that being married to Julie meant I was only the second-best writer in the house. Now, I’ve come to accept that being marriedContinue reading
35 Years Ago: DrHGuy’s Household Goes Digital With Kaypro II
Setting up my new laptop, the latest in a long line of computers I’ve owned, called to mind the first of that series: a Kaypro II1 I purchased for Julie in the early 1980s.2Continue reading
Two Rules For Any Man Who Wants An Outrageously Wonderful Relationship With A Woman
Luck And Desperation As Learning Tools I first learned these rules as a result of my impossibly good luck in meeting Julie in college, falling madly, irredeemably, unflinchingly in love, and – one decade,Continue reading
The Mystery Of The Move: H202
When Da Boyz and I moved into our new digs in 2008, the transition brought to light several mysteries. For example, how is it that two months before the move, all necessary preparations appeared inContinue reading
We Were Not Alone
After writing the final chapter of Julie’s Story, I belatedly realized that I had described the end of Julie’s life as though she and I went through that tragedy alone. This is embarrassingly inaccurate. WhenContinue reading
Season of Mists and Mellow Fruitfulness: A Short Story by Julie Showalter
Introduction: Julie Showalter’s Unpublished Writing Julie Showalter was the fiercely intelligent, sexy, and loving woman with whom I had a outrageously wonderful marriage that ended with her death in late 1999 from cancer diagnosed theContinue reading