Simplicity, brevity and short words, we are told, are the ingredients of good conversation. No doubt about it. I’m trying to learn from the teenagers the essence of this bit of wisdom. They’ve got it down pat. Recently I threw myself into discourse with a young fellow who was sitting on a bench outside a local pizza palace. I sat beside him.
Few words needed today
Thursday, August 16, 2007 | 12:00 a.m. CDT;
updated 4:50 a.m. CDT, Thursday, July 17, 2008
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