Dispatches from a Porch Swing

Dispatches from a Porch Swing

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Jen Deaderick
Jun 25, 2021
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I’m so much happier now that I can interact with strangers again. At a cafe yesterday, two British men near me were speaking in such posh, Oxbridge accents that I turned around and said “It’s like I’ve got Masterpiece Theater going on behind me. It’s fabulous!” There was laughter all around. When my friend and I moved tables because she wanted more shad…

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