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Stories from the table.
Writing on people, rooms and the things between them.
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Earlier
Before there was much to point to.
I’ve started noticing the people who show up. Not in any dramatic way.
ReadSunday at my gran’s house
Nothing about it felt important. I just didn’t want to leave.
ReadThe first time you enter a room, you notice the room.
A good room carries something forward.
ReadThere is a better thing than being invited.
The better friendships eventually stop asking.
ReadThere’s a person you’ve met three times and still introduce yourself to.
We are good at meeting and bad at coming back. The whole problem is the coming back.
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