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BTW, I don't remember winning all of the games after that first one. Just ssayin'

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Haha, you have a generous memory ♟️🎲🎰

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Call 911 from a moving train? I am more and more convinced that our so-called "wonderful brains" are jokesters.

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Right? We were chuckling as well.

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I met Sue by chance yesterday, in an online Substack workshop, and today am poking around in her past posts. You are an excellent writer, Sue. I fully enjoyed all ten parts of your family reunion travelogue. Onward!

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Thank you so very much, Marianne, for your kind comments. I'm so happy to have met you as well, and looking forward to connecting going forward. 💚💚💚

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Sue, this was beautiful!!! I felt every word, from the homeless man to why on earth the homesteaders "steaded." I felt like I was on this train with you and aside from the shouting, cursing, and vomiting, it sounds like such a sublime experience. No travel would be complete without some sort of weirdness, right? 😊

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Thank you, Kristi, for your kind words! And yes, no trip is complete without a little something weird!

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'Writing this series has been a remarkable experience.'

Well, Sue, reading it has been a remarkable one for me. Absolutely gorgeous - so poignant, loving, funny, nostalgic, awkward (I'm thinking in particular about this train journey you've described) - all of it.

Wonderful writing. 😊

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Oh, thank you dear Rebecca, for these lovely comments. They mean a great deal to me. I always take a cue about telling a great story from you! 💚

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😘

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What a n incredible journey. So many blessings.

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Yes, there were! Thanks for sharing the journey with me in my posts. It means so much! 💚

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Also - that train ride!

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Oh my goodness, that train ride is right! Wow! ❤️

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A beautiful story, beautifully written. Thank you for sharing it with us.

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Thank you so much, Karen. I appreciate your kind words. ❤️

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Wow, quite the memorable trip Sue! Glad you survived the trip home! Yes, family affords many blessings! Peace-Marti

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Thank you, Marti! ❤️

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A beautiful adventure ❤️

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Thank you, Paolo! ❤️

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Oh the juxtaposition of the beauty outside the window, the week filled with love and longing and a microcosm (the argument) of the happenings in the world.

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Thank you, CK. I had fun with that! ❤️

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