Recently a handful of people from The Past have reached out from the abyss and, seemingly apropos of nothing, thanked me for always being kind to them. I tell them: “Of course. It was easy!” These messages make me feel a warmth. Yet I always wonder at the impetus of such a thing . . . always wonder if they recently experienced some harsh contrast to kindness, which made them Remember. And why now all at once? Perhaps some celestial body is in retrograde . . .