A Legend In His Own Minefield

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Johnny Census with J— in The City

Johnny Census with J— in The City

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John Mendelssohn
May 10, 2010
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Johnny Census with J— in The City
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Sometimes people are their own worst enemies (as who would know better than I?). This morning I made the mistake of knocking on the door of someone I’d called on already in my Johnny Census mode, a crabby old (a couple of years older than I) black woman who lives alone at [withheld]. You might have imagined she’d have welcomed a little company, but when…

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