Meditations in an Emergency

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In praise of a talkative man

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Rosecrans Baldwin
Mar 20, 2021
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“Brooklyn Bridge in Winter” (1904), Childe Hassam

We met at a party in New York City through a mutual friend. He was twenty years older, but we had a good conversation – topics of common interest, plus I tend to ask a lot of questions and he liked to talk about himself. So, we made a date for coffee a few weeks later, then another date. For something lik…

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