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On Your Left

Written by Jeanne Martinet on July 14, 2011. Posted in Uncategorized

In praise of bike path protocol By Jeanne Martinet When I first heard someone yelling â€œOn your left! behind me on the Hudson River bike path, I admit it startled me. I thought, â€œUh, oh’s what”s on my left? A falling branch? A rampaging Canadian Goose
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Invasion of the Picture-Takers

Written by Jeanne Martinet on June 29, 2011. Posted in Uncategorized

The problem of unsolicited snapping By Jeanne Martinet The idea that a camera can â€œsteal one”s soul is generally considered a primitive belief, held only by backward people in a few isolated corners of the Globe. But I, for one, am beginning to think this soul-stealing notion may be more insightful than uncivilized
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Guest-ation Periods

Written by Jeanne Martinet on June 15, 2011. Posted in Uncategorized

The difference between â€œwelcome mat and â€œdoormat By Jeanne Martinet The other day I ran into my friend Julie on the street. She looked exhausted. â€œI haven”t been home for two days, she told me
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The World is My Dumpster

Written by Jeanne Martinet on June 1, 2011. Posted in Uncategorized

Al fresco dining can be a dangerous thing’s depending on your neighbors By Jeanne Martinet Last Saturday night I witnessed a random act of terracism. It started off as a perfect evening at the home of friends. It was a balmy 72 degrees, with a gentle Hudson River breeze’s ideal conditions for eating outside. My
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Busybody Politics

Written by Jeanne Martinet on May 18, 2011. Posted in Uncategorized

To intercede or not to intercede By Jeanne Martinet The other day my friend Henry was hurrying along 14th Street near Seventh Avenue when he overheard a woman asking a passerby how to get to Times Square by subway. â€œJust walk one block over to the A train, and then take it uptown to 42nd
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Communicable Dis-eases

Written by Jeanne Martinet on May 4, 2011. Posted in Uncategorized

Regarding the transmitting of social energy By Jeanne Martinet I was visiting my aunt, who had just moved into an Alzheimer”s assisted living facility. Her long-term memory is still pretty much intact, which makes conversation tricky, because often she seems totally with it’s until she begins to talk about the men who are stealing her
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Smail Talk

Written by Jeanne Martinet on April 20, 2011. Posted in Uncategorized

You show me yours, I”ll show you mine By Jeanne Martinet What did you get? We were in the elevator, and it was not until my neighbor asked me this question that I realized I had left my universally-recognizable, red-and-white Netflix envelope on top of the pile when I had retrieved my mail
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Taxicab Lament

Written by Jeanne Martinet on April 6, 2011. Posted in Uncategorized

Remembrances of conversations past By Jeanne Martinet I didn”t really want to spend money on a cab, but I was incredibly late, and I simply had to get across town. Happily, I spotted an available taxi coming towards me about a block away. I put my hand up and stepped off the curb. Just then,
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The Faux-Pas-cifist: My Suppertime Superhero

Written by Jeanne Martinet on March 16, 2011. Posted in Uncategorized

Admiring the brave souls who step in when social doom looms By Jeanne Martinet In a room full of people, there is a certain kind of silence that tells you there is something terribly amiss. It was a buffet dinner party, and I had just returned to the crowded, candle-lit living room (after a brief
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Conversation As a Leisure Activity

Written by Jeanne Martinet on March 2, 2011. Posted in Uncategorized

Taking communicating with friends off your â€œto-do list By Jeanne Martinet At a restaurant recently, I overheard the following one-sided conversation, which occurred when a woman arrived to join the woman seated at the table next to mine. ï»¿
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