So Many Mysteries To Live

The tree in the well, and a neighbor of considerable culture and charm

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This is a view of my Budapest apartment, in the rear, from a window of a neighbor’s apartment. On the other side of the wall is the old Hungarian parliament building, the one they used before the iconic current building, opened in 1902. He told me that the tree is a kind of miracle. It came from a seed that fell into a well, and came to life. “It’s a s…