what was yoUr last / most memorabLe conversation with a stranger? ill start it was right before I moved away from my home town. i toOk a walk - stopPing for a break on a bEnch. wolfgang - a 74 year old man strolling alongside his doG - eLvis. He sat down next to me, seeking a break too. two hoUrs pasSed and in that time I learned about Wolfgangs polyamor relationship, his patchwork family, childhood stories (he was a big rebel - moved out when he was 15, no money, nothing), many book recommEndations - many of wHich I ended up reading. he was an incrediBly funny and warm soul, full of stories and wisdom. I resumed my walk carrying with me the warMth of that unexpected enCounter with a man I would've never met if I weren't where I wAs at that timE.