All day long, we ask people how they’re doing. All day long, we’re asked by people how we’re doing.
It’s anodyne, it’s a tic, it’s a greeting in the checkout line. (To my taste, the folks at Trader Joe’s are a bit too nosy.) But sometimes, between friends, it’s a sincere question, and if I listen clos…
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