She wasn't or (couldn't be)
on the same wavelength

One helping at a time...

Only that one occasion,in April through June of 79,did I pursue anything
like a grant for creative writing; it happened shortly after Mother died,but
at the present I cannot recall this period in any considerable detail; but Gregg Mitchell encouraged and assisted me,in fact he cajoled me to go after the prize...
The project got no further than a submission,which in hindsight I cannot
blame anyone for rejecting. A copy of this pretentious document still exists
somewhere among my papers and effects.

All trusts aren't created equal: without a stitch of approval,towards
that fork in the road known as retirement...

He's growing a beard for personal expression,for no one's sake,the
former TV anchor.

On a dare you go on a roll,but that probably will end,though gradually...

My work in the past ten years has been a little along
the Twitter line; for example,the nameless scientist
says the planet Mars eats up Spacecraft; so yes,many
missions to Mars have crashed. Or perhaps some other
fate befell these unsuccessful attempts at interplanetary
exploration ...