Lane von Herzen: My Husband Retrieved Acceptable Mail from Our Locked Mailbox This Evening

My Third Novel's Conclusion, My Heartbreak

My heart begins to break when I think about completing this particular book -- because this narrative has sustained me like no other story I've known. It's both more personal and more universal than my other works. But beyond memory and archetype, it's a cri-de-coeur about needing to become the person one is destined to be. And in the writing, I have met my own life's work, my own fated journey -- having the sense all the while that the pages are suffused with a resonance, an energy, an electrified field that defies explanation. Writers hope and pray to be overtaken by a work in this way -- to be conscripted into passionate service of a profound story. To experience it even once in a lifetime seems a great privilege. I still have several months before this novel is complete, and this constitutes my reprieve. Because I'm not ready for the beauty to end.

Sunday, February 26, 2023

My Husband Retrieved Acceptable Mail from Our Locked Mailbox This Evening

February 26, 2023

OIG Hotline investigators, just prior to 7:00 PM this evening, my husband retrieved acceptable mail from our locked mailbox, ensured that the Jim Mellano/AFE letter remains in place and unopened beneath two heavy books within the enclosure, replaced the interior alarm, and replaced the exterior seal over the lock, while filming his progress the entire time with the body cam I have conveyed to your ownership.

This process was successful, and the Jim Mellano/AFE letter remains undisturbed.

I hereby certify that the foregoing is true and correct.

Lane MacWilliams

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OIG Hotline investigators, my husband will soon retrieve acceptable mail from our mailbox, leaving the Jim Mellano letter in place, unopened, as previously described.

I will update this post as soon as that process is complete.