Yes, you never know what might happen.
I was coaxed to leave the house yesterday and go hear The Sultans of String - a charming three-person band playing music from Lebanon to Cape Breton Island. The music was delightful, but the outing became more delightful when I began chatting with a young man at the next table. I asked him whether he thought music answered questions, and we got to talking about questions in general. He opened his notebook and showed me the entry he had made that very morning: "What are my biggest questions right now? - or if not the biggest, then the next biggest?" and underneath, "Where is my next inspiration going to come from?"
I told him I was working on this question: "What else is disappearing?"
He said, "This is disappearing."
"What?"
"Conversation."
He said piercingly, "Would you mind if I started my own book of questions - or would that be stealing?
"Everyone should have their own questions," I replied.
Bonnie writes, How serendipitous when the young gentleman beside you......"opened his notebook and showed me the entry he had made that very morning: "What are my biggest questions right now?"
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