Gough, Cal, 1948-United States, Georgia, Fulton County, 33.79025, -84.46702United States, Georgia, Fulton County, Atlanta, 33.749, -84.38798Abbott, Franklin1981-02-20Includes envelope postmarked February 22, 1981, to Gough on Hoffman Street, San Francisco. From Abbott on Iverson Street, Atlanta. Text: February 20th. Dear dear Cal, How wise of you to wait 'til Spring to return. February has been mild but very gray and Atlanta in azaleas and dogwood is irresistible. I'm so glad you're coming back, I've missed you a lot. I hope your re-entry will be gentle and happy. I'm glad too that Dr. Schwartz may be back. Once he is here I intend to charm him into staying as good comrades within the "helping" profession are scarce and hard to find. I am well, working hard and deep healing and creating. My life feels like a flower opening slowly, tentatively unsure of so much warmth and light. Neil and I continue to prosper and grow filling our space with our synergy. The gathering was magical and terrible, delightful and draining. It is so hard and so frightening being the first men to change, to become, to see, to love. It is rapture and terror bound inextricably together -- prevention and healing back and forth. We are, in all of this, simply marvelous: We make our own miracles. The spring is opening for me as a creative time again. Ceres comes home over and over, again and again. I'm looking forward to sharing the time with you. Love, Frank.image/jp2Atlanta, Ga. : Georgia State University Libraryhttp://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC-EDU/1.0/Cal Gough, loaned for digitizationArchives for Research on Women and GenderGay authors--LettersGay men--LettersFranklin Abbott (Atlanta, Georgia), to Cal Gough (San Francisco, California), letter, February 20, 1981. (inside of greeting card.)Text