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A 111-word visit from "el gnomo"

El gnomo, el espectro y los ciudadanos del mundo

Fred Hersch in Basel, 13 October 2026, with Drew Gress and Jochen Rückert

"Black Water", by The Doobie Brothers, and a memory from summer camp

"Community" reminds me of "My Dinner with Andre"

My mother's family's washing machine and dryer in 1946