July 4 I was waiting for my flight to Reykjavík to board a cruise when my iPhone rang. It was someone I knew from Hermosa Beach, someone I hadn’t spoken with since I moved back to Chicago. I knew she would not be calling on a Friday night, let alone in a holiday, unless someone had died, I just expected it was someone else. She told me our friend Tim ha…
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