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My Life in the Dining Room

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What happens in your kitchen when you come down for breakfast? I live at a Dharma center which gets a lot of traffic through its dining room, the place where I get my meals. I currently live about 30 feet away from the back door of the dining room. On a quiet morning like today, I can feel comfortable rolling over there at any time for breakfast, but when there is a big group I usually wait until the guests have mostly cleared out before trying to get my tea and cereal. Still, there is usually something interesting happening when I get to the dining room. I'm starting this post, which I will add to over the next month. Wednesday, June 6 Table over by the back door: A group of three works on a musical about Amelia Earhart and George Putnam called Final Approach . They discuss lines and scenes from the script and hum tunes. They discuss famous actors who have ruined their careers by undiplomatic things they have said or done. Table by the front door: I sit down here where