Reply #5: Thanks for your insight and care. [View All]

[Hardrada]

The situation is a bit more complicated than it appears on the surface. My wife actually doesn't mind my getting in touch with old flames since I am in regular contact as an old pal with a woman in NYC. THIS one is different though and we had actually been engaged at one point and all was very (almost operatically) passionate. I finished the last novel of a trilogy and this woman has arole in it (it's all semiautobiographical) and I thought I'd call her to give her fair warning. And of course found the idea of staying in touch a fascinating one since we had a quite good phone conversation. (Deep sigh). We are both sane people. She's a psychologist and I'm a historian and writer of much other prose and poetry.