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Sep 23, 2026
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  1. Issue · Sep 23, 2026

    All the Naked Ladies (opens the original)

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    <img alt="" class="sizing-normal" height="770" src="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!LaJJ!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F18a16757-d3c7-4b49-9fab-4cea3b0e0651_1000x770.png"

  2. Issue · Jul 5, 2026

    How I Made A Summer Camp (opens the original)

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    Recreating a Childhood MemoryFor a few summers in the mid-1980s, an enterprising mom in our Santa Cruz community started a week-long, by-invitation-only camp for her elementary school-age daughter and friends called Thimble Summer — named after the 1938 children’s novel by Elizabeth Enright. The mom was a seasoned grade school teacher, owned a VW van, and had zero hesitancy in hosting this camp for all twelve of us kids. (We were, I suppose, only half as many headcount as she already managed in

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