Although a good friend told me
last week to stop talking to
strangers on the bench, yesterday
I met a young woman named Izzy
who can sing. She and her Brazilian
boyfriend will come with us before
too long to hear music in a club
where Izzy might sing too.
Here’s my favorite Elizabeth Cotten
We will NEVER stop conversing with people on benches or elsewhere….
Your bench conversations with strangers are our bellwether. When you can no longer do that, our civilization is over.