The Daily Respite

The Daily Respite

May 20, 2023

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Clara Parkes
May 20, 2023
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Good morning!

It’s Saturday, and on this day umpteen years ago, my mother woke up and said, “Oh dear, I think I’m going into labor!”

My odometer rolls over into a new year right as this balsam fir has …

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