Meditations in an Emergency

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Humans being humans, vol. 5
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“May Day Party” (ca. 1900-1905), Maurice Prendergast

There’s a weekly, outdoor house-music night I like in downtown Los Angeles. The community is friendly, the music is good. Most people, especially at the beginning of the night, are there simply to dance.

Last Sunday, a woman my age, mid-dancing, complimented my jacket. I complimented her sneakers in re…

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