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December 10, 2022 (Saturday)
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Heather Cox Richardson
Dec 11, 2022
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After traveling all week, I am just now home in my rocking chair by the woodstove... but not for long. I’m going to call it quits early tonight.

I’ll leave you with this, an image inspired by all the photos you all share from all over the country, and all over the world, every time I post a picture. I look at them throughout the rest of the week and marvel.

A relative caught this image camping in the Indiana Dunes National Park, and sent it to show me a different shore than the Maine coast I know so well.

This really is a spectacularly beautiful country.

I'll see you tomorrow.

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Roland (CA->WA)
Dec 11, 2022

Hello Everyone 🥰

I am making a brief appearance here to thank each and every one of you who participated in my journey these past 4 years.

My father passed yesterday evening. As you know, he has played an outsized role in my life. It’s the end of an era. My wife and I and doggie are settled (finally) in a new home in Port Angeles, Washington, in a brand new life. It’s like starting over in the middle of your life, but with the same Dodge Ram 2500 and a lot of the same furniture.

I’m thanking you all personally. All of you bore witness. This community was my Dad therapy. 🙏🙏🙏🙏

Roland

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Toni Tunney
Dec 11, 2022

We truly are a country of beautiful and spacious skies! Thank you more than I can say for your great work, which I appreciate every single day.

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