Published in Dyersville Commercial

A few years ago I was a consistent user of a fitness facility near my office in Boston – a proud member of the dawn patrol arriving at 6:20 a.m. At that hour only the truly dedicated were present. We were all creatures of habit arriving at the same time, greeting the same attendants, finding our way to the same lockers, using the same machines. We rehearsed the day’s news, weather and sports scores. We knew almost nothing about each other, yet we were a self-forming community of individuals with familiar faces and only first names.
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