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I want to feel like more
More than this routine
Than this loneliness that hums beneath everything.
I want to feel like I was meant—

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TheBookgeekFrau I'm curious, if you don't mind explaining, what do those numbers mean? 4d

dabbe @TheBookgeekFrau #ditto 4d

Trashcanman @TheBookgeekFrau I don‘t mind explaining. I‘ve been open about my mental health diagnoses and struggles. This will be a trigger for some so I‘ll hide it in the next comment. Suicidal ideation trigger warning @Dabbingpat 3d

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Trashcanman I chose this “name” to write poetry under. There was a time where I had been involuntarily committed. At this time I was asked to note how many times a day I had a suicidal thought. This number represents the mean number for the amount of suicidal thoughts I had over a period of 180.8 days per day. It holds a significance to me. I feel like I‘m mostly in a better place. I‘ve stopped taking meds save for one. (edited) 3d

TheBookgeekFrau @Trashcanman First, it's nice to see your face instead of scary creatures!! You have a nice, kind face--glad you decided to share. I'll put the rest in a spoiler comment. 3d

TheBookgeekFrau @Trashcanman Wow, that's a lot of time to spend thinking about leaving this world. And I'm glad you're still here! We've had some great little convos here, and I miss you when you're gone. I appreciate your openness with your mental health, and I've felt for you deeply when things are going well.I don't always know what to say when that happens. I'm happy for you that you're in a more stable place now and back with us on Litsy.Thanks for sharing❤️ 3d

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dabbe

Turner Classic Movies: The Essentials: 52 Must-See Movies and Why They Matter | Jeremy Arnold

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After compiling so many movie surveys lately for #TLT, I decided to dive into this fun-and-fact-filled book by TCM. It's a thoughtfully compiled guide to some of the most influential films in cinema history and based on THE ESSENTIALS series aired weekly on TCM. Aimed at both casual viewers and dedicated film enthusiasts, the book offers a balanced selection of classics spanning multiple genres, eras, and styles. I'll have to read the others!

AmyG I love TCM…old movies. 7d

AnnCrystal 💝💝💝. 7d

dabbe @AmyG #ditto! I still miss Robert Osborne. 7d

dabbe @AnnCrystal 💙💚🩵 7d

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wanderinglynn

Cats on Instagram | @Cats_of_instagram

#5JoysFriday

1. This kitten. Plus toe beans!
2. We‘re working on using a leash. He‘s doing pretty well.
3. My soon-to-be apartment passed the housing inspection. One step closer!
4. It‘s Friday & I survived another week without getting fired.
5. I‘m enjoying my poetry challenge for National Poetry Month. In addition to posting poems & reading the ones @dabbe & @TheBookHippie have written/posted, I‘ve also been writing my own.

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TheBookHippie Yay for not being fired!!!! 1w

Lesliereadsalot Hopefully the weeks will keep adding up! 🩷 1w

dabbe #ditto what @TheBookHippie and @Lesliereadsalot said! I'm loving your poetry challenge, too! 🩵💙🩵 for your joys. 1w

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wanderinglynn @TheBookHippie always a good week to still be employed. 🙌🏻🥳 1w

wanderinglynn @Lesliereadsalot @dabbe thanks! 🤞🏻☺️ 1w

Aims42 Jasper‘s toe beans, stop! How freaking cute?! 🥰🥹 I hope you celebrate another week not getting fired, that is a major win! 🍾🥂 1w

Bookwormjillk Fingers crossed for your job. 1w

TheSpineView 😻😻😻 1w

Deblovestoread Cuteness overload! 1w

wanderinglynn @Aims42 I‘m biased, but I think he‘s adorable. And yes, we celebrate surviving another week every Friday. 🥂 1w

wanderinglynn @Bookwormjillk thank you! ☺️ 1w

wanderinglynn @Deblovestoread so much cuteness . . . until he wakes me up at 4:30 am! 😂 1w

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dabbe

50 Oscar Nights: Iconic Stars & Filmmakers on Their Career-Defining Wins | Dave Karger

#ThreeListThursday #TLT @dabbe
Here's list #4 covering 1987-2010! I think we'll all do a lot better on this one! 🤞🏻
1. Survey link: https://www.listchallenges.com/academy-award-nominations-list-4-1987-2010
2. Share your score if you'd like.
3. Share your 3 favorites from the list or 3 that you might be interested in seeing, or 3 you thought were horrible or a combo of whatever you'd like.
4. Tag a few!
Tagging just a few who've played before. 🤩

mcctrish, DebinHawaii, wanderinglynn, Megabooks, peaKnit, melissajayne, Soubhiville, BarkingMadRead, Crazeedi, tpixie, Cuilin, AmyG, kspenmoll, TheBookHippie, Amiable, CogsOfEncouragement, catiewithac, Susanita, Lynnsoprano, Blueberry, Vansa, Bklover, Kelly_the_Bookish_Sidekick, Aimeesue, TheLudicReader, Larkken, jenniferw88, julesG, Deblovestoread, Librarybelle, Eggs, Chrissyreadit, Read4life, rwmg, CatLass007, Q84, BookwormAHN, Pogue, Traci1, Sleepswithbooks, CSeydel, Ruthiella, RamsFan1963, TheSpineView, EadieB, CBee, Bookish_Viking, ShelleyBooksie, TheAromaofBooks, ImperfectCJ, Cupcake12, bthegood, Sparklemn, lil1inblue, The_Penniless_Author, PageShifter, LiseWorks, AllDebooks, AnnCrystal

Bklover 41! I was surprised at how many I haven‘t seen! Thanks for the tag @dabbe ❤️ 2w

AnnCrystal Thanks for the tag 😉🎬💝. 2w

TheLudicReader 52/100. Some good ones on that list! 2w

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Lesliereadsalot 85/100. Shawshank Redemption! Moonstruck! Cider House Rules! So many great films. 2w

dabbe @Bklover #yahooyou! Love your new pic, too! Thanks for playing and sharing. 🩵💙🩵 2w

dabbe @AnnCrystal YW! 😍 2w

dabbe Now I want to know your 3 faves! 🤩 Thanks for playing and sharing! 🩵💙🩵 (edited) 2w

dabbe @Lesliereadsalot Wozwa!!! #yourock 🤩 Thanks for playing and sharing. 🩵💙🩵 2w

Bklover I had to fool at the photo- forgot I changed it. That‘s me with my oldest daughter Meghan. 😊❤️ 2w

dabbe @Bklover #solovely 🩵💙🩵 2w

CBee 62/100 👏🏻 2w

shortsarahrose 34 (missed a lot from the late ‘90s) - favorites include There Will be Blood, Black Swan, A Serious Man, Fargo, Up, and Beauty and the Beast (the first film I ever saw in a theater!) 2w

Ruthiella Thanks for the tag. 😊 2w

Librarybelle I got 35/100! I‘m shocked. The movies I typically watch are not critically acclaimed. 😂 Favorites from the list include Fargo, Sense and Sensibility, and Field of Dreams. Oh, and The Shawshank Redemption! 2w

Blueberry 47/100. My favorites include Shawshank Redemption and The Lord of the Rings trilogy. 2w

Sparklemn 57/100. Thanks for the tag! Favorites include Atonement, Juno, and Lost in translation. Kiera Knightly‘s green dress in Atonement is everything! 💚💚💚 (edited) 2w

julesG 56/100, really liked Up, Juno, Beauty & the Beast, The Full Monty,... 1w

thebacklistbook 38/100 much higher than the previous weeks 1w

Amiable Only 35. I‘m just not a big movie person. 🤷🏻‍♀️ “Field of Dreams” is one of my all-time favorites, though. And “Mystic River” was the best adaptation from a book that I‘ve ever seen. 1w

Chrissyreadit 34. I do not watch a lot of… and when i do it‘s often on repeat. 1w

melissajayne 65/100 went to a lot of movies during this period. So many really good movies and ones I like. The Reader, Erin Brockovich, Michael Clayton, Beauty and the Beast, Saving Private Ryan, Capote, Brokeback, etc. 1w

Amor4Libros 53! Faves: Shawshank Redemption, Erin Brockovitch and Jerry Maguire 😊 1w

dabbe @CBee A wowza score! Thanks for playing and sharing. 🩵💙🩵 1w

dabbe @shortsarahrose Okay, I'm WAY older than you! 🤣 I stopped seeing movies in the 2000s! Thanks for playing and sharing. 🩵💙🩵 1w

dabbe @Ruthiella YW! 🤗 1w

dabbe @Librarybelle Love your choices! Thanks for playing and sharing. 🩵💙🩵 1w

dabbe @Blueberry I loved TLOTR movies so much, I had to read the books after! 🤣 Thanks for playing and sharing. 🩵💙🩵 1w

dabbe @Sparklemn That dress is a stunner! Thanks for playing and sharing. 💚💚💚 1w

dabbe @julesG Fab choices! Thanks for playing and sharing. 🩵💙🩵 1w

dabbe @thebacklistbook #yahooyou! Thanks for playing and sharing. 🩵💙🩵 1w

dabbe @Amiable You're a big book person! 🤩 I adore FIELD, too. Thanks for playing and sharing. 🩵💙🩵 1w

dabbe @Chrissyreadit But you read a lot! 🤩 Thanks for playing and sharing. 🩵💙🩵 1w

dabbe @melissajayne The 90s sure had some good ones, didn't they? Thanks for playing and sharing. 🩵💙🩵 1w

dabbe @Amor4Libros Love your choices! Thanks for playing and sharing. 🩵💙🩵 1w

Deblovestoread Thanks for the tag!🩵🩷🩵 1w

dabbe @Deblovestoread YW! 🩵💙🩵 1w

tpixie 56% there are many I would like to see include The Hours, The Reader, Benjamin Button— some I can‘t believe I didn‘t see! 1w

dabbe @tpixie IKR? I've added quite a few to my TBW! 🤩 Thanks for playing and sharing. 🩵💙🩵 1w

Pogue This is my worst one yet. Many of these I have never heard of. 1w

dabbe @Pogue I know the last one will be mine. 🤣 I pretty much stopped going to the movies after 2010. Thanks for playing and sharing. 💙🩵💙 1w

Kelly_the_Bookish_Sidekick I clicked the link feeling confident, and I've only watched 23 of these (that I remember). Beauty & the Beast, As Good As It Gets, and Lord of the Rings are my favorites of the bunch, but I remember thinking that Born on the Fourth of July and Saving Private Ryan were both very good. The first 10 minutes of Up made my ugly cry in the bathroom for 20 minutes before I could continue, so there's that.... 1w

dabbe @Kelly_the_Bookish_Sidekick #ditto on the ugly cry intro to UP! 😭 Thanks for playing and sharing. 🩵💙🩵 1w

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Lesliereadsalot

BooksorBooks | Las Vegas, NV (Bookstore)

Litsy has opened up so many doors for me. As a constant reader, I relied on newspaper book reviews and word of mouth. Just following the handful of people I follow on Litsy, my book world is now so wide open. And now I‘m able to bring these books to my friends and relatives, a win for everyone! To those I follow: you have changed my life 🩷

#50KGIVEAWAY. @CSeydel

BarbaraBB ❤️ I feel the same about Litsy and the people I follow and their contribution to my reading world! (edited) 2w

AmyG Yes! I wouldn‘t have read half the amazing books I have read if not for people on Litsy. And that means you two…. @BarbaraBB @Lesliereadsalot (edited) 2w

Lesliereadsalot That‘s so sweet. I feel lucky to have found you two!🩷🩷 @AmyG @BarbaraBB 2w

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Deblovestoread So many wonderful books I wouldn‘t have found without Litsy and Litten friend recommendations. So glad you are here! 💜 (edited) 2w

dabbe #ditto! 🩵💙🩵 2w

CSeydel It really is a great way to keep up with new - and old - books 2w

Lesliereadsalot So glad I follow you guys! 🩷🩷🩷 @Deblovestoread @dabbe @CSeydel 2w

BarbaraBB @AmyG same ❤️❤️ 2w

Reggie You have also brought a lot to our table! 🖤🖤🖤 1w

Lesliereadsalot 🩷🩷🩷 @Reggie 1w

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AllDebooks

A Tree a Day: 365 of the World�s Most Majestic Trees | Amy-Jane Beer

#NaturaLitsy Daily #buddyread #ATreeADay

Wow, April already! 🌸🌞🌸

Are you still enjoying our daily arboreal treat? 🌳
Did you have a favourite passage from the March entries? I adored An Orchard in Spring by Isidore Verheyden (1897). Inosculation is quite cool, too.https://crowspath.org/love-trees/

All are welcome to join us. Please let me know if you wish to be added/removed from the taglist.

AllDebooks @Deblovestoread @Bookwormjillk @Read4life @TheBookHippie @kspenmoll @TEArificbooks @Cuilin @DebinHawaii @Chelsea.Poole @dabbe @Chrissyreadit @CBee @julieclair 2w

AllDebooks @tdrosebud @Soscha @Seabreeze_Reader @StaceGhost @Daisey @bcncookbookclub 2w

Bookwormjillk I love this book. I‘m a little behind as usual but almost caught up. 2w

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Read4life I‘m enjoying this. I start my day with my coffee & this book. 💙 2w

AllDebooks @Bookwormjillk 💚🌳💚 2w

AllDebooks @Read4life 💚🌳💚 Me too x 2w

kspenmoll I am enjoying this so much! Starts my day with music from Year of Wonder, an excerpt from The Book lover‘s Almanac, breakfast, & of. Course, coffee! Favorite tree posts: The Green Man & the coffee tree, of course!!!3/10, 3/21 2w

Cuilin March 2, Ogham, my name cuilin/cuilinn/cuilean come from this old Celtic tree alphabet. March 31 Box Hill, I remembered it from Jane Austen‘s Emma and the fiasco of the picnic and of course March 10 coffee!! 2w

Deblovestoread Such a peaceful few minutes I have daily with this book. March was filled with fascinating entries but I loved the two page entry with The Lone Tree of Wanaka for March 27. Beautiful, peaceful pic. Also the 29th Peasant‘s House at Éragny by Pissarro. ? 2w

dabbe @Deblovestoread #ditto! 🤩 2w

dabbe Such a nice respite every day with this book. I even have Matt reading it with me! 🤣 2w

julieclair @Deblovestoread @dabbe Me three! Loved those two entries. 1w

julieclair I am already planning to give this book as Christmas gifts! 1w

dabbe @julieclair That's a fabulous idea! 💚 1w

PaperbackPirate I have been reading along (and loving it)! Please tag me too. 🌳💙 1w

AllDebooks @julieclair 💚 1w

AllDebooks @PaperbackPirate Of course 💚 1w

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dabbe

Heartstone: A Matthew Shardlake Tudor Mystery | C. J. Sansom

#ShardlakeSeriesBR #ShardlakeBR

Thoughts, Shardlakians?

Daisey, Cuilin, Amiable, PurpleyPumpkin, Texreader, AnneCecilie, Gissy, Centique, OutsmartYourShelf, jenniferw88, Deblovestoread, Librarybelle, batsy, Chrissyreadit, kwmg40, Mollyanna, curiouserandcurioser, dabbe, Fr3NcHtOaSt, RaeLovesToRead, bthegood, lil1inblue, PageShifter, LiseWorks, The_Book_Ninja, Karisimo, BookWrym

AnneCecilie I‘m not really one to look up things as I read unless there‘s a reference to a painting and I want to see it 2w

dabbe I find I want to see pictures of things, too, like The Solent, The Mary Rose, Portsmouth, etc. I also look up some of the people (like Richard Rich), and yep, he was just as evil as he's portrayed in the novels. 2w

kwmg40 I like looking up the places where Shardlake goes. In fact, I'll be travelling to London very soon to visit my daughter, and I'm hoping to visit the Temple area so I can see where Shardlake spent much of his time! 2w

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dabbe @kwmg40 Oh, please take pictures and share! 🤩🤩🤩 2w

kwmg40 @dabbe Yes, I definitely plan to do that! 2w

lil1inblue I'm definitely interested in researching more about the Battle of Solent, as well as the Italian War as a whole. I like “zooming out,“ so to speak, to see how the events fit into world politics of the time. Previously, I went down rabbit holes reading about H VIII's wives, and I also read quite a bit about Greek Fire. 2w

dabbe @lil1inblue #ditto! I have read a bunch of books about his wives, too. So fascinating! I came out truly admiring Anne of Cleves and Catherine Parr. And Greek fire was so interesting, wasn't it? I'm also fascinated by water, so I loved looking up pictures of The Solent and the English Channel. It's amazing to think that England was once landlocked to the continent; you can still see it in the southeaster outline of the country! 🤩 2w

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dabbe

80 Years of the Oscar: The Official History of the Academy Awards | Robert Osborne

#ThreeListThursday #TLT @dabbe
Here's list #3! I think we'll all do a lot better on this one! 🤞🏻
1. Survey link: https://www.listchallenges.com/academy-awards-list-3-nominations-for-best
2. Share your score if you'd like.
3. Share your 3 favorites from the list or 3 that you might be interested in seeing, or 3 you thought were horrible or a combo of whatever you'd like.
4. Tag a few!
Tagging a few who've played before.

DebinHawaii, BookmarkTavern, wanderinglynn, peaKnit, Cuilin, AmyG, TheBookHippie, azulaco, Susanita, TrishB, TieDyeDude, Deblovestoread, thebacklistbook, MaleficentBookDragon, JessClark78, vivastory, Eggs, JenReadsAlot, Read4life, Itchyfeetreader, CindyMyLifeIsLit, vonnie862, BookwormAHN, TheBookgeekFrau, CoffeeNBooks, TheSpineView, CBee, TheAromaofBooks, bthegood, lil1inblue, The_Penniless_Author, julieclair

melissajayne 15/100

Three favourites include: All the President's Men, Butch Cassidy, Raiders. 3w

thebacklistbook 14/100 highlights are raiders, and star wars 3w

audraelizabeth 20/100 2w

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Lesliereadsalot I saw 79/100. Favorites include Nashville(loved the music and the characters), Coming Home (which I saw at the movies 17 days in a row, obsessed would be putting it mildly) and Midnight Express (scared me to death). 2w

Eggs 🩵💜💙 2w

Amor4Libros I got 10 this time!! 😂 2w

shortsarahrose 29 - I was pretty good on ones from the 1960s/70s, but not the ‘80s 2w

TheSpineView Thanks for the tag! 🥰💛🏷 2w

Deblovestoread Thanks for the tag! Will do 🥰 2w

BooksandCoffee4Me 30% but how fun to be reminded of the movies “Heaven Can Wait” and “Goodbye Girl!” 💛 2w

BooksandCoffee4Me @Lesliereadsalot Wow! “Coming Home” was so intense — how did seeing it so many times in two weeks affect you emotionally? 2w

DGRachel LOL. I‘ve heard of a ton of these but have only watched 10. Clearly, I dislike Academy Award winners as much as I dislike fancy book award winners. 🤣🤣 2w

dabbe @melissajayne I adore ALL THE PRESIDENT'S MEN. I've read the book numerous times, too! Thanks for playing and sharing. 📽️🍿🎬 2w

dabbe @thebacklistbook #epicsummermovies! Thanks for playing and sharing. 📽️🍿🎬 2w

dabbe @audraelizabeth Thanks for playing and sharing. 📽️🍿🎬 2w

dabbe @Lesliereadsalot What intriguing choices! 🤩 I'm scared to watch MIDNIGHT EXPRESS! Thanks for playing and sharing. 📽️🍿🎬 2w

dabbe @Eggs 🩵💙🩵 2w

dabbe @Amor4Libros Lots of fab ones to add to your TBW list! Thanks for playing and sharing. 📽️🍿🎬 2w

dabbe @shortsarahrose I start petering out in the 90s big time. 🤣 Thanks for playing and sharing. 📽️🍿🎬 2w

dabbe @TheSpineView YW! 😘 2w

dabbe @Deblovestoread YW! 😘 2w

dabbe @BooksandCoffee4Me IKR? 🤣 Thanks for playing and sharing. 📽️🍿🎬 2w

dabbe @DGRachel You're in good company either way! 🤩 Thanks for playing and sharing. 📽️🍿🎬 2w

dabbe @BooksandCoffee4Me @Lesliereadsalot #ditto! 🤩 2w

Lesliereadsalot I really had been oblivious to the Vietnam War and after seeing Coming Home the first time, I couldn‘t believe the war was going on around me and I felt compelled to see it over and over. I didn‘t know anybody who went to Vietnam, my parents never discussed it, it was so foreign to me. I‘ve never before or since felt so intensely about a movie. Totally blew me away! @BooksandCoffee4Me 2w

dabbe @Lesliereadsalot Thanks for sharing that. I was oblivious, too, and still have so much to learn about that tumultuous period. I never saw COMING HOME (added to my TBW list now) but BORN ON THE 4TH OF JULY at least made me more aware. That and GOOD MORNING, VIETNAM. The humor helped. 😊 2w

BooksandCoffee4Me @Lesliereadsalot @dabbe I‘ve made a point of sincerely thanking veterans for serving. Saw a biker wearing a Viet Nam Vet jacket and stopped where he was and thanked him. He teared up and looked so surprised. They received so little when they returned. It shouldn‘t have taken a decade or two to thank them with the wall. I was in middle school during the war and now have known many Nam vets. Most do not want to share their stories. 2w

dabbe @BooksandCoffee4Me They bravely did their job and received nothing but hatred from most of us. Shameful. 😞 2w

Lesliereadsalot Very shameful! Our boys did not belong there. I‘ve seen all the Vietnam movies but Coming Home made the biggest impression as it‘s about the soldiers when they got back. You have to imagine what it was like for them and it‘s not a pretty picture. You guys are very thoughtful! @dabbe @BooksandCoffee4Me 🩷🩷 2w

BookmarkTavern Thanks for the tag! 2w

peaKnit 26! I have rewatched All The President‘s Men so many times I should count it twice! :) and on Golden Pond, such sweet memories watching this one. 🥰 2w

dabbe @Lesliereadsalot So are you! 🩵💙🩵 2w

dabbe @BookmarkTavern YW! 😘 2w

dabbe @peaKnit #ditto feelings on both of your choices. I've just reread and rewatched ALL THE PRESIDENT'S to bring me comfort in this chaotic mess of a country we're currently living in. As @AmyG put it, Goldberg is our Woodward & Bernstein. 👊🏻 2w

peaKnit Amen! 2w

TheLudicReader 53/100. Did you know Children of a Lesser God was filmed in my hometown? Fun fact! So many flicks I love on that list but also so many flicks I am now too old to accurately remember whether I *actually* saw them or not. 🤣 2w

dabbe @TheLudicReader How cool is that? Is your hometown not St. John? I loved that movie, though I read that Hurt was an unbelievable jerk to Marlee Matlin while in a relationship with her. And I say if you wondered, you saw it! Thanks for playing and sharing. 📽️🍿🎬 2w

TheLudicReader @dabbe, I am not sure I understand your question about St. John. 🤣 My hometown is Saint John (as you know). St. John's is in Newfoundland. But Children of a Lesser God was filmed here in the 80s. 2w

dabbe @TheLudicReader I learn something new every day. 😊 I had no idea that St. was always spelled out. Now I know, thanks to you! I guess it threw me when you said just “hometown“, so I thought that maybe you grew up somewhere else in Canada besides Saint John. No excuse for me not knowing--except that I am more forgetful these days. (edited) 2w

TheLudicReader @dabbe 🤣🥰 2w

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