Misery loves company, but it’s not party time
As social beings, keeping our distance is not natural but it’s for our own good.
Fiona Harari
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Change but the sun still rises
Everyone had plans. Birthday parties and weddings, holidays, cosmetic surgery, reunions, work lunches, seminars, graduations.
Don’t stand so close to me
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Sleep with the fishes
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Do we still need International Women’s Day?
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