Small Talk

Naturally an intelligent young woman would wish to skip over mundane chitchat. However, most people need to be guided into a feeling of safety before they dare reveal their opinions to someone they’ve only just met. There’s a beginning to everything, after all. Every opera has its prelude, every sonnet its opening quatrain. Small talkContinue reading “Small Talk”

Symptoms

One of the things they taught residents in medical school was that when you heard hoofbeats, don’t think zebras. In other words, don’t immediately assume a bump was malignant, flu-like symptoms were Ebola, a cough was the Black Death. For the most part, it was good advice. Right up until the symptoms you were presentedContinue reading “Symptoms”

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