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Last week I wrote about what could happen if we extended ourselves to a stranger: We might make a new friend. Coincidentally, I caught up yesterday with another woman I met by doing this in Tuscany, almost ten years ago.  One who, along with her sister-in-law, have since become dear friends. Anna Porcu, at a

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