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Dear Gigi: It’s never too late to grow up

Dear Gigi: It’s never too late to grow up

“Yet, as only 17 Israeli women hostages know, if you can get through the twilight, you’ll live through the night.”--not said by Dorothy Parker

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Dec 07, 2023
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Dear Jelena Noura "Gigi" Hadid:

We are your neighbors. While I prefer invisibility, attachment to an enormous golden dog precludes that, so, you see us. Every twilight. An ashen-haired old man and an enormous sugar-faced golden retriever.

At twilight (crépuscule:الشفق) we rest on the ironwork front porch, next door to #GuestInResidence every twilight beca…

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