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VIRUS DIARY: The singing stopped, and the emptiness arrived

by Associated Press
| June 10, 2020 12:03 AM

WORTHINGTON, Ohio (AP) — My mother taught me that the best place in the world is on the inside of a chord. If you've ever been there, you'll know what she meant. It's a bear hug of awe and wonder, a sublime sliver of beauty or dissonance or genius powered by the humble human voice. Or, more precisely, by many human voices.

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