Remembering Robert and Fred

The fearful symmetry of March 9th

Hello to my subscribers and founding members. As I had mentioned March 9th is a somewhat complicated date for me. On March 9th, 1976, in Detroit, I met the love of my life, Fred Sonic Smith. This was always a happy day for me, but on March 9th, 1989, Robert Mapplethorpe succumbed to complications from AIDS. Now, with both of them gone, the date has anot…