THE GIRL WITH THE BLACK AND BLUE DOLL
World Wanderer, Writer, Friend. THE GIRL WITH THE BLACK AND BLUE DOLL. Inspiring coming-of-age story. Coming of age in a dysfunctional family in 1950s60s Massachusetts, while living with BDD. BUT...it's not a downer. In fact, it's a real page-turner.
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Walking 50 Miles in the Desert with Berber Nomads (opens the original)
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I invite you to share this wonderful expedition. Please share.https://www.lindasummersea.com/blog/return-to-morocco/For more adventures, read <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Girl-Black-Blue-Doll/dp/B0FWPXPKX7/ref=sr_1_2?crid=JE1RLEZHMQVB&dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.yhvN5JwWlKGT_buxUW-DZ7SRcdQCQXSLNvegEu1b74Ny-23rS5udpZTTnzNOlyhCTgrmngC35HR69OJF_BtPWtWhBy4bzqnXKzg_nS0hAtsKSbpNnFW8opwyAHmYXyYZHlwuOLyoZPu8eTlZIK1wg8NaqU_u3nXxNtxlz_4RHkCVO1FVj-mQ0AgDM2xZFpOhz7ynnDO1d9Yr4S7ojE0OVi0j-HijNTIHwK-iUEpROT8.SrYPhug4J
Chapter 23 (opens the original)
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During lunch, I watched Dziadzia heading across the lawn to the barn, so I knew Babci might welcome my visit.Babci’s kitchen was a good place for a lonely girl to hide out on a snow day. She and I spent many quiet afternoons in mostly companionable silence. We always drank tea on those days: Red Rose or Salada with no sugar or milk. If we were having tea alone with no freshly-baked bread or pie, we sat near the kitchen window with a low oak cabinet and a row of potted red geraniums between us. T
Chapter 22 (opens the original)
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Chapter 22Seasons in the OrchardThe sound of sleet tinkling against the storm windows in the early morning darkness was always a welcome surprise because it meant a snow day off from school. Mummy would turn up the volume on the radio so we could listen to the school closing bulletins
Chapter 21 (opens the original)
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CHAPTER TWENTY- ONEOne Christmas MorningSoon, it was September, and we were back at the school bus stop, listening for the sound of Freddy, our bus driver, downshifting through the curves as our bus approached. Sharon and Dicky were completely in sync with the rhythm of the morning school bus arrival, and we could now ride a bus that picked up kids going directly to the Catholic schools in town. Fall flew by pretty quickly, and before I knew it, Mummy was bringing home Christm
Remembering 911 (opens the original)
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Today America remembers the Sept. 11, 2001 terrorist attacks on their 24-year anniversary. Like many events that are remembered for their horror, I think most of us remember where we were when we heard about the fall of the towers.Thank you for reading this post, don’t forget to subscribe!The first al-Qaeda suicide mission under Osama bin-Laden hit the North Tower of the World Trade Center complex at 8:46 A.M. The South Tower was hit at 9:03 A.M.Within an hour and forty-two minutes, both collaps
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