Author name: jade

12/1/90

80 degrees, scattered clouds, mostly sunny White unlined paper Dear Mom, Got your letter about your car trip – sounded wonderful. Your observations about the class differences are very similar to that which occurs in Saipan. I got your letter you’d written on Joyce’s birthday (post marked 11/8) It was so late because somewhere along

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11/18/90

Typed on printer paper Dear mom, This page is a repeat of what I already wrote. Hash on the island does not refer to drugs. Hash is an activity or game, sort of a hare and hound game that the haoles do here every Saturday afternoon. Everyone meets at the same place at the same

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Melbourne 2025 December

Because of my fractured toe, I was not able to engage with my city the way I normally would. I missed out on many of the xmas decorations and activities that I wanted to see and do and had to navigate the medical system for an actual problem. My wine group had its end of

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2025 Books

Since I don’t drive in AU, my audio book consumption has decreased significantly. I joined Goodreads in 2012 and I think of it like a Facebook for books. #goodreadsyearinbooks2025

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California Autumn

There was a lot to do in the six weeks we were in Santa Barbara. I did get to do some interesting things before I became bedridden due to my fractured toe. I was happy to be in my native environment and I didn’t have to think about where in the world I was in

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