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Jun 7Liked by Sandra Stephens

What a wonderful moving piece of writing! I absolutely teared up in your Daddy's workshop! I was with you in the snoring dorm and saw with you the fabulous outfits! I am an absolute wreck when the cello plays , and wish I could have experienced the star-fumed sky as you did. The Norway section has me reaching for a travel guide and wishing to stay in that book-lined wooden house. But am cheered to think of you returning to those glorious chickens- Princess Leia- and her companions; to the endless stone steps; and most of all- to that silver muzzled darling that is Jake!

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Jun 7·edited Jun 7Author

Thank you, I didn’t realize it was such a long read as I wrote it, thanks for hanging in there. It was a good trip but I am ready to reunite with my darling Jake and our little house hens now….

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Jun 12Liked by Sandra Stephens

Adding “falling asleep to cello music in the desert” to my bucket list! ❤️

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There is nothing quite like it

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Jun 7Liked by Sandra Stephens

Delightful! I was with you all the way...The stacked books!!!

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While eating dinner there was a great tumbling sound from above - a stack of books falling over. And the. One of the tumbled books was Jose Saramago’s Journey To Portugal so naturally our host made a gift of it to me!

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Jun 7Liked by Sandra Stephens

Beautiful Sandra! I felt like I was there through it all. A memorable time, already wistful. And, what a year or two you two have had. xoxo

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thank you! yes, we are ready for things to calm down a bit. Come to Portugal!

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I am reading this from a cafe in Portugal as I prepare for my own move here. So many lovely sentiments expressed in this piece. Life is moving and beautiful and sometimes hard and you express so much of that quite evocatively. Congratulations on your milestones.

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Thank you, and how poetic that you are reading from our Portugal…

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