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Summer β€˜24 in Six Sentences

September 14, 2024September 18, 2025 ~ MaryG ~ 10 Comments

My last baby graduated college and got a job.

I went swimming outside daily.

My first baby is expecting her first baby and we gathered the family to celebrate.

Despair turned to hope for our country.

Photo by Todd Heisler/NYT

I bought an octopus.

I experienced the magic of Tanglewood.

This post was inspired by the Six Sentence Story challenge, but I don’t write fiction. πŸ€·β€β™€οΈ

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