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Gene,
What a great e-letter you put together. The story of Ugh had me wet-eyed, your comments about death rang so true. I lost my sister and only sibling a year ago and am still trying to cope with it & deal with the consequences. Thank you for sharing so much of yourself. You are much more than merely a weekly source of superior lamb products and humorous conversation!

Hey Ernie,

I like coming to New York once a week to see market patrons like you who have become friends.

New York, as brash as it can seem, has a tender energy to it; there is a fellowship here, a sense of belonging to the city (is it the architecture that binds us?) that fosters a commonality that we extend to others. There is a classlessness here of which we are proud.

Strangers speak freely to one another because it is apparent that we are all strangers, all New Yorkers.

See you Saturday.