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The pleasure of passing through (slowly)

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Sep 09, 2023
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“The Bartender” (1900), Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec

Sometimes a piece you plan to write appears in public before you’ve had a chance to write it. See: John Cotter’s recent piece in the New York Times Magazine, regarding his hearing loss and the pleasures of meeting friends in a quiet hotel bar.

Luckily, my hearing isn’t starting to go, but I still thought, …

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