Looking at the big picture through older lenses

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Looking at the big picture through older lenses

Last updated 7/10/2019 at Noon

We entertained a couple of friends from out of town a few weeks ago, although I’m not sure how entertaining we were. We didn’t tap dance or anything.

It wasn’t unusual. A high-tech conference in downtown Seattle will draw people from all over, including, in the case of one of my friends, from Scandinavia. She’d never been here, and with limited time to play she had specific things in mind.

We kept our noses out of their itinerary, then, other than a couple of suggestions. We met them for dinner one night, swinging by their hotel in downtown Seattle to pick them up, and during our...

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