At Rittenhouse Square, in love then, now, and forever with Leah, Jean Shepherd, and….

“Speaking of fishbowls, this is WOR—AM and FM, New York.”

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It was then,  a more recent then from Rittenhouse Square, but then nonetheless. I am not only older but old with pain radiating from the base of my spine until I remember: Leah, 16, the Ethical Culture Society, The Congress of Racial Equality and Her, my shiksa goddess.

Leah’s mother was a folk singer.

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[Come back soon, now hear?]