There are places I'll rememberOur lives intersected only for a couple of years; sometimes, that is the natural course of a friendship. Paul left Bell Labs to study for his MBA; the rest of us kept working. He was smart, and funny, and kind.
All my life, though some have changed
Some forever, not for better
- John Lennon, In My Life
After so many years, only a few memories remain. Meeting for brunch at The Cupping Room Cafe. Learning to see with a photographer's eye. A day at the Bronx Zoo. Evita, with Patti LuPone and Mandy Patinkin. Admiring Manhattan from a table at Windows on the World.
I do not remember when I last saw Paul.
I do remember the visceral jolt I felt that sunny December morning when I found his profile in the Sunday New York Times.
What I remember now, I will never, ever, forget.
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