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At-will Mom, traveler, teacher, genealogist, writer, dog owner, generalist. Never enough facts, dogs, bells, books and connections.
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Been thinking about this Zappa quote a lot lately.

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427,181 on Relatives at Rootstech My matches 59,884 Lots of family in this country 7%

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Connections Puzzle #593 🟨🟨🟨🟨 🟦🟦🟦🟦 🟪🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟪🟪🟪🟪

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Connections Puzzle #591 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟨🟨🟨🟨 🟪🟪🟪🟪 🟦🟦🟦🟦

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Wordle 1,313 3/6 🟨⬜⬜🟨⬜ ⬜⬜🟩🟨🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

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Connections Puzzle #590 🟨🟨🟨🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟦🟦🟦🟦 🟪🟪🟪🟪

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Connections Puzzle #589 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟨🟨🟨🟪 🟨🟨🟨🟨 🟦🟦🟦🟦 🟪🟪🟪🟪

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Kyle MacLachlan: How David Lynch Invented Me www.nytimes.com/2025/01/19/o...

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At the crossroads, we are all souls. Think. Stay alive.

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I'm totally OK with being called woke. It just means that I'm showing off my green flags. Happy to follow others with green flags. #woke

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🚨 A year ago, I wrote a review of Erik Larson's "In the Garden of Beasts," an account of the US Ambassador to Germany's tenure there in the early-mid 30s. I shared lessons from the account that feel more relevant now than ever. Here is a snippet of them: 1/

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