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I celebrated a birthday a couple of weeks ago, a remarkable one if an unremarkable number. I guess I could call it the best birthday ever, although you know what? I don’t keep that list, the list of favorite birthdays. It just felt as though it couldn’t be topped, which is a really good birthday in my book.

It helped that I was in the midst of a memory palace, surrounded by people I knew and loved when I was young. Recollections cascaded among our group of old friends, augmenting each other and shedding some light.

Memory fascinates me these days, as those birthdays add up. I worry ab...