David it Up! @david.notesforfriends.com · Jan 4

The Heart of a Friend, Quentin: After COVID-19 I wanted to share a story about Quentin. A few winters, before the floods took the Lyndonville Diner, he stood outside, holding a cup of hot coffee. He had this way of flat-palming the cup, so it wouldn’t burn his hand. (1/18)

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David it Up! · Jan 4

His fingers tapped jittery against the paper. Quentin often pressed his fingers to his neck, just below the jaw, counting his heartbeats. “One hundred twelve,” he said without looking up. “Yesterday it was seventy-four.” He asked me to log it into an app, keeping a running tally of a (2/18)