“THROUGH THE YEARS WE ALL WILL BE TOGETHER”: THE SILENT STARS GO BY. In which the last member of our party arrives. Memories and cider are mulled. And it’s a little bit nutty and a little bit slutty.

Read it from the beginning here, or get the most recent section here. Probably two sections left.

Soundtrack: Marc Almond, “Melancholy Rose.” I have listened to this album, which I just got off Amazon, four times in the past 24 hours. I’m in love with it; I mean what I say.