Things that were wonderful about Hyde Park today: John Cacioppo presenting his loneliness research, getting my book signed and talking with him—briefly; spinnakers on Lake Michigan—even against grey sky; the guy in the desert camouflage kilt, combat boots, Tilley hat with a pony tail and a laptop waiting for the shuttle bus with Brooks Brothers and Ralph Lauren; any and everyone on 53rd Street and the fact that driving on 53rd Street is like Frogger on crack; “Free Ice Cream—˃” printed in chalk on the sidewalk across the street from Regenstein Library which stands over the site of the first sustained nuclear reaction and houses some of the most sophisticated attempts by human beings to communicate; 57th Street Art Fair and my friends the Franklins who made it possible. I am grateful.
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