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, I read a 16th-century sonnet by Pierre de Ronsard called “Quand Vous Serez Bien Vieille” (“When You’re Very Old”) that opened with an image of an old woman sitting by a fire, spinning yarn by candlelight. One day, I would be that woman, but instead of yarn, I would be spinn ing memories evoked by pictures kept in photo albums.

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