by Kathy on April 8, 2026 · 0 comments
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Monday, 4-8-96 7:55 PM En Route Back to London 1:55 PM E-Town OKAY, WITHOUT FURTHER A DEW… THE REST O’ SCOTLAND: So Saturday morning (3-30-96) we went on this great, though very long, tour of Edinburgh! Our tour guide was a real character! He was very proud to be Scottish to say the least… 🙂 […]
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by Kathy on April 3, 2026 · 0 comments
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Friday, 4-5-96 5:15 PM en route from London to Southampton 10:15 AM E-Town Time is going by at lightning speed now… I have so many things going through my mind from traveling, to finals, and so on… I have to hand write my London History paper, which is a pain, but it is making me […]
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by Kathy on January 12, 2025 · 1 comment
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13 years ago I participated in a year-end blog meme for the first time called Rewind 2011, with fun and interesting questions designed to get writers and readers to reflect on our lives in 2011. I did so again the following year, with my Rewind 2012. After that I took six years off, starting up […]
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by Kathy on October 2, 2024 · 1 comment
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Today you’ve reached a significant milestone in a young adult’s life, your young adult life. Today you are 21 years old. I had a bit of trouble falling asleep last night and as I was trying to settle down, I reflected on how I was actually awake most of the night before you were born. […]
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by Kathy on October 2, 2023 · 0 comments
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Happy 20th Birthday, Sean! Today you are no longer a teenager. Wow. Two decades down and hopefully many more go. Your paternal great uncles who like to compare getting older to playing an American football game would say you are now entering the second quarter of yours. There’s so much about your life, as well […]
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by Kathy on September 17, 2023 · 0 comments
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Hello, 14! What a whirlwind this last year has been for you and our family, dear Gail… We have navigated so many wonderful and challenging experiences. Dancing Gail continues to describe you well as you spend as much time at Dance Center Evanston (DCE)/Studio 5 taking classes and rehearsing for ede2 dance company as you […]
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