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David Seybold

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I could never remember where the utensils go. Do the forks go on the right or the left? Big then little or little then big? And what about the knife? She would have known. This was her thing. But it didn’t matter, right? The effort is what counts. Hopefully, that’s still the case. I put the forks on the right, spoons on the left, the knife above and stepped back to admire my handiwork. The table looked nice, I thought. I had set it for two, a white tablecloth, napkins on the plates—paper not cloth, I’m not that insecure—and a candle in the m...

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