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Sunday, 3-17-96 3:00 PM London 9:00 AM E-Town St. Patrick’s Day! ☘️ & Mothering Sunday (British Mother’s Day)! 🌺 Well, today is definitely a hazy Sunday… I finally woke up & got out of bed about 1:30 PM! Last night Lori, Nick, & I went dancing/clubbing/whatever and had so-ooo-oo much fun! First we all got […]

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Saturday, 3-16-96 4:32 PM Ely/London 10:32 AM E-Town Right now I am sitting on a coach bus in the English town of Ely. This was the last ISA Excursion of the semester. This morning we went to Cambridge. It was a beautiful college town! When Lori, Mel, Rachel, Josh & I got off the bus […]

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Today is my twelfth Leap Day! On my eleventh, I shared this post, which was adapted from an earlier version that I wrote for The3Six5 writing project,on February 29, 2012 (my tenth Leap Day). I am including parts of those two posts again today, as they are fun to revisit. It’s fascinating to reflect on […]

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Thursday, 3-14-96 9:13 PM London 3:13 PM E-Town I just got some happy/sad news… I talked to Ron Weasley & he got a “real” job! I am very happy for him, but I am sad that he will not be able to therefore return to camp this summer… I cherish our friendship and was looking […]

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I wrote and shared another version of this post one year ago today. At some point since then, I found my notes from a session with an old therapist (who moved out of state a few years ago). I discovered that processing “missed potential,” and not “missed opportunity,” were the actual words she used to […]

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Sunday, 3-10-96 7:45 PM Somewhere btw. Galway & Dublin, Ireland 1:45 PM E-Town Well, I must be on a roll with this here journal writing thing, for after a little over 2 months abroad I am finished with the Mary Englebreit one that Erin Sadler so thoughtfully gave me for an X-mas/going away gift! And […]

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