Dispatches from a Porch Swing

Dispatches from a Porch Swing

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Dispatches from a Porch Swing
Dispatches from a Porch Swing
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Trying to be optimistic

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Jen Deaderick
Jan 10, 2021
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I have a beach lounger that I used to always have in the back of my car. For years, I’d hear it bump against the hatchback door when I drove over a rough patch. I never actually used the chair.

Well, no, I used it once to sit on a beach on Boston Harbor reading Moby Dick. That felt right. I thought, yes, I should keep doing this. Make it a regular thing.…

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