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The Worst Thing A Woman Can Do

Dec 08, 2020
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Paul Magnanti, first communion ca. 1956

My dad was mowing strangers' lawns on the day that he died.

He woke before sunrise - the habit of a blue collar lifetime - with his schedule for the day written out on a piece of college-ruled paper, copied from the app where homeowners booked him for reasonably priced lawn services. He had the rest of the week draw…

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