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At 7 a.m., in the nearly empty parking lot of a well-maintained office building – a building which, by the way, had a contract with Metropolitan Flower Exchange for regular placement and maintenance of seasonal plants, as well as a super named Joe, whose broken Italian-English often left us mystified – I sat and read […]

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Nevertheless, She Persisted

Many years ago, there was a blonde nurse who was a member at the pool club in my town.  She used to arrive in the late summer mornings to relax by her cabana before work.  Around 2 p.m., she would change into her smart uniform in that cabana, like a superhero in a phone booth, […]

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Wisdom

Le Terrace Club was a private pool where I spent a bunch of summers growing up. For those of you who are wondering, yes, it’s THAT Le Terrace Club. I mention the true name only because I’m not going to hide the fact that we were members, and it’s relevant to the extent that it […]

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