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Typepad changed their format today, and the minor glitches are causing me to think out loud. You know how it is when your are use to doing something one way, the groove feels comfortable, and you can go through the motions with your eyes closed? It is the beauty and beast of routine. Then changes comes along and throws a new learning curve ball teaching you how to play differently.

Today marks the 1000th time I have posted, everyday rain or shine, happy or sad, antiques or babies, France or California, feeling like it or not since November 2005. Thank you typepad for shaking it up a bit and adding some new spice to the ol' bag of tricks. Did you do it just for me?

 

 

Comments

89 responses to “1000th”

  1. Tammy

    Hi Corey,
    Just was thinking of you and as always your words are breathtaking along with the picture. Keeping you in prayer and I am so glad I have you to come by and have tea with everyday.
    love and blessings

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  2. Sylvie

    Congratulations Corey!! Mille bons souhaits à vous.

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  3. andrea

    Yeah you!! Happy Blog Birthday! That is awesome. Wow, 1000? You never cease to amaze me.
    Hugs and love,
    a.

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  4. Alison Gibbs

    Oh wow Corey 1000 posts, that is amazing.
    Change certainly challenges us
    Alison

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  5. Elaine L.

    1000 POSTS, “rain or shine”.
    God Bless you, Dear Corey.
    ~elaine~

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  6. TACE

    Wowsers, and to think my heart goes pitty pat as I draw near 100 posts, a THOUSAND!!! That’s fantastic, inspiring and so very generous of you to share your words and photos with all of us! Congratulations!

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  7. Laura

    Corey,
    You have enough spice for all of us!!! typepad is just trying to keep up with YOU!
    1000 times you have touched individuals around the world, making us smile, laugh, cry, praise the day, see the wonder and imagine the hope. Thank you for that.

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  8. pusa

    wow congratulations on your 1000th post!!!
    amazing that you can do it rain or shine, and im thankful that you do so 🙂

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  9. Christi from Charm & Grace

    And how fortunate we are that you have stuck with us through all 1000 posts, so that we can benefit from your loving heart, your sense of humor, and your indomitable spirit!
    God bless you dear Corey,
    Christi

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  10. teresa

    Wow, 1000th post! That’s pretty cool Corey. Wishing you and your family peace and loads of love.
    Teresa
    xo

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  11. deirdre

    I wondered why typepad blogs were loading so slowly today.
    Happy 1,000th post. I hope you’ll do at least as many more.

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  12. Christine

    Wow! 1,000 posts?? That’s amazing especially with the fact your posts are not all fluff.
    Congrats!

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  13. corine

    what an accomplishment!

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  14. clarice

    Congrats on a 1000th post, wow this is big feat to post everyday. But we all appreciate and enjoy your blog so much xoxoxo Clarice

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  15. Shelley Noble

    Wow,Corey! What a marvelous achievement! I love the Corey line, “learning curve ball”! GREAT! I once told some eFriends that if priests were more like you I’d join their religion! You embody true spirituality and Joy. I glean so much from what you write.

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  16. Marie-Noëlle

    Unrolling a very special “tapis rouge” for you, Corey!
    Félicitations !
    (Does Typepad say how many comments to TICA? Another record there!… Does that change anything in the carpet? – longer or wider? thicker? striped? …?)

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  17. Louise

    1000 post, I wish I was here for the first one so I went and read it just now…
    Then I read April 2006 “spark of Light” May 2006 “ Marie-Antoinette “
    June 2006 “Are you Open or?” then I went to the next month
    and read a few more and so on…
    It’s 2:14 AM my son just came home …. Thank you for being here while
    I waited…
    Louise

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  18. Kit

    1000 posts 1000 days – Corey you need a special sort of blogging award for that. It’ll have to be a virtual one so I’m beaming some extra special gold platinum and silver beams of light to you, engraved with love!

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  19. ca

    Oh Corey! it has been so amazing and beautiful to come to this open window to share so much beauty and love! I feel like your “neighbord”, just there, open my window every morning and say hello from window to window, looking at you as watching a beautiful flower changing colours but always a flower.
    Thank you Corey. Love.
    P.S: Your “little girl” and french husband so beautiful at Cannes! If I was there with my camera I would prefer to take their picture than any actor’s one…oh! maybe one of Brad Pitt as well….

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  20. le petit cabinet de curiosites

    Félicitations ! each post , each day , each moment shared and better …
    I’m gonna check about typepad

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  21. marita

    thank you so much for sharing your thoughts about la douche provence and californian dreaming, in bad and good times, in happyness and sorrow, so far and yet so close…

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  22. rel

    Corey,
    !000?
    WOW! Incredible.
    rel

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  23. Jeanne

    Thank you for everything you share.
    Congratulations…….Quite a milestone.
    I love you…………
    I am always here for you.
    Love Jeanne

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  24. Terri Pollhein

    Do you? Everyday? That just proves your life is more exciting then mine….and you take better photos!
    How are you doing? How’s your mom? You’re all in my prayers. I’ve followed you on this journey for so long now, I feel a part of it.
    God bless.
    Terri

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  25. darla

    Congratulations Corey! You wrote ’em and I read ’em. This is the first blog I read every morning. Thank you for every single word.
    Here’s to the next 1000 days!
    Darla

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  26. michelleb.

    Wow! I beleive I have read all 1000! Thank you. I look forward to thousands more.

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  27. the Farmer’s Wife

    Congratulations on the milestone! Writing each day becomes a part of your routine. I have published my photoblog for over three years. It won an award from a local historical museum and at the awards dinner someone asked me, “What’s your inspiration? You always seem to come up with something every day.”
    I guess I’d never given it much thought, but in my typical fashion the answer came leaping my psyche, “My inspiration is my deadline.”
    When you have a self-imposed deadline of every day, you are forced to be constantly thinking, writing, creating. It’s an amazing process.
    – Suzanne, the Farmer’s Wife

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  28. daisy cottage

    ((Corey))
    Congratulations – and how lucky are WE?
    xo,
    Kim

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  29. Muriel

    Congratulations Corey

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  30. anna

    Bravo, Corey and heartfelt thanks for the blogging blessing you are!

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  31. Merisi’s Vienna

    Congratulations, Corey,
    you reached a veritable Milliarium Aureum, a Golden Milestone! Interestingly, in the US these boundary markers are also called milePOST, even though naturally no one was thinking of blogging back when the first ones were erected. 😉
    I would like to thank you for taking us along on your road, I look forward each day to read about you, smile with you, take joy and pride with you, cry with you. Many many blessing for your future travels and bon voyage!

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  32. Jeni

    Happy 10000!!
    Thanks for sharing your spice of life with me~

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  33. Catherine

    Gosh 1000 posts – how times flies and each post is better than the last. Congratulations Corey.

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  34. Tess

    Congratulations. Have only been with you for the last maybe 100 or so, for the sadder part of your journey, but your blog is great.

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  35. caren k

    WOW! CONGRATULATIONS! I enjoy your blog every morning with my coffee. Here’s to at least 1000 more!

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  36. My Mélange

    Wow, what a milestone!!! And yeah, I thought there was something *wonky* this morning when I was posting too!!! Though my computer had a major malfunction 😉
    I like the new additions though…..

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  37. Lynda

    Congratulations on 1000 posts, Corey! That’s an amazing accomplishment. You have such a wonderful way with words.
    xo,
    Lynda

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  38. Ruth

    Thank you Corey…for sharing your life, in both good times and not so good times, with all of us. And thank you for the insight into the thoughtful, intelligent, beautiful woman you are.
    Ruth

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  39. Candy

    Let me just say that is amazing. 1000 posts. Every stinkin’ day? I am so impressed. I think I’ve read every one of them. Well maybe not, but the majority, yes. They’ve been brilliant, insightful, moving, inspiring and downright funny. I’ve laughed, I’ve cried, I’ve read them aloud to my husband. I’ve oohed and ahhed over photos and you have become a part of my life. Like I said, amazing. Keep it coming, Corey.

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  40. Ed in Willows

    Congratulations on the 1000. It’s been a great read and I can’t wait to see the movie. I read every morning before work and it’s like sharing a cup of coffee with a good friend each day. I don’t know how you do it but I’m sure the rewards are huge. I’m lucky if I write anything in my blog once every 6 months. Keep up the great work. You have become a part of so many people’s lives. Huggs – Ed

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  41. Isabel ~ Maison Douce

    What an amazing milestone!! I just wish I had found you right from the start…!! I love reading your blog…

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  42. Miss Sandy

    WOW, 1000 consistent posts! I am amazed. I wish I were a better blogger, I do well to have three posts per week! Thank you for the consistency even thought I have only been reading your blog for nine months now. What inspiration and encouragement I have found here. Thanks for the bright spot your blog puts in my morning!

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  43. Ellen Cassilly

    What a fabulous milestone. With your readership Typepad should be paying you.

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  44. louise

    So you’re to blame for that typepad newness that was a little to much technology for me to handle prior to a coffee this morning. Oh well, I’ll forgive you as it’s your 1000th post. Wow, what a milestone. Hugh congratulations from me. xo lj

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  45. Dee

    YOU ARE AMAZING! Love your blog! First one I read every morning with coffee!

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  46. Debbie

    Wow, 1000 posts! I am grateful for you having shared yourself with us.
    By the way, I got the latest Romantic Homes magazine, and I loved your contribution. Beautiful pictures, beautiful words, I keep going back to it. Your friend must have been proud to have been featured.
    Have a blessed day!
    Debbie

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  47. Barbara

    Congratulations!!!! And thanks for all your inspiring posts, incredible insight, and phenomenal photos!!!

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  48. herhimnbryn

    Such commitment is truely astounding. Well done, Dear One.

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  49. Corey

    Corey, you are my first stop every single day and I DO appreciate that you are here, rain or shine.
    Congratulations !

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  50. Paula

    Yikes ! See, I told you I read every morning. Well today I must still be asleep as I typed your name on that post of mine instead of my own.
    DUHHHHHHHHHHHHH

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  51. Deborah P

    Congratulations! and thank you.

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  52. martina

    I read your blog every morning and it starts the day out right. You’ve made me laugh, cry, give thanks, reflect, and appreciate life,friends and family. Thank you Corey and congratulations.

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  53. JP/deb

    A thousand posts in 3 years – what an achievement!!!!! If they didn’t create Typepad just for you, well, the should have 🙂
    Along with many others, I’m glad you’re hear everyday, expressing yourself beautifully no matter what.
    Sending you love,
    xx,
    JP/deb

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  54. Rosemary

    Congrats Corey!!
    That is amazing! I’m so glad I found you and your blog.
    Thank you,
    Rosemary

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  55. Lorene

    Congratulations! That is quite a feat! Here’s to another 1,000 posts!
    Lorene

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  56. Elizabeth

    Congratulations, Corey! That is an achievement to be proud of!

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  57. Star

    Catching up with you after a few days away; I’m so glad I could be here to help celebrate this milestone! You are full of inspiration, Corey, and I’m so glad you’ve chosen to share it with all of us. Thank you for 1,000 moments to treasure. 🙂

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  58. annieelf

    Aha, you are now Corey of a 1000 Days. Don’t lose your head over the changes. Sorry, just could NOT resist the pun. Congratulations on 1000 and thank you for all the beauty and thoughtfulness you have sent our way.

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  59. Marilyn

    Thanks for posting each one of 1000. Here’s to more wonderful posts. I also look forward each morning to reading what is on your heart. All the best, Marilyn

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  60. Suzanne (from portugal in London)

    Congrats Corey! I;m so glad you started your blog and started a dazzling ball from France to California, passing through lots of other places.
    Love*

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  61. ginnycartersmallenburg

    1000! No misses??? I am in awe, dear Corey. I just hit 200 with an average of 4 per week and I felt good about that until I logged on here. What did we all do before you were a part of our lives?

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  62. Massilianana

    Hap-p-p-y 1000th post , Corey ! I kind of like this word : glitch . It sounds funny to my ears , like it is not serious and a little mischievous . Here’s toasting some (urugayan) champagne to your talent , your generosity , your sense of humor , your humanity .Tchin tchin !

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  63. Liz Ness

    Heh-heh…now I definitely need to get over to the blog and see what’s going on behind the scenes. I heard the change was coming.
    Love the photo.
    Also, thought you might be needing a virtual HUG right about now…just because. So, I’m sending you one!
    =)

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  64. cheryl

    I wish I had kept count of every day that I’ve been thankful for your Blog! That would be each day since I discovered it.
    Thank You Somerset Life.
    Love,
    Cheryl

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  65. Alina

    Thanks for reminding me to add some spice to this old bag of tricks ;). Happy 1000th.

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  66. Jeanette

    typepad wanted to celebrate your 1000th post with style and change it up a bit. Aren’t you lucky!!! Smile with another 1000 post you will have the hang of it just in time to change again! LOL
    Jeanette

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  67. Linda

    I hate it when things change. I have Typepad too and all of the sudden I can’t get into my statistics and then when I finally do, there aren’t any recent ones. I would sure like to be notified before things change. That would be nice.

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  68. Caffienated Cowgirl

    1000? My oh my! All I can say is KEEP IT UP 🙂

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  69. poppy fields

    Wow, congratulations! I invite you to a celebration drink/lunch or whatever you fancy when you get back to France.

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  70. Tamara ModernGear TV

    Congratulations, that is quite the accomplishment!! I join the many in saying I am so glad you do not ever suffer from blogger’s block!
    Tamara

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  71. Sheila

    Congratulations Corey. Well done, you have always been a good read. I hope the muse is with you for at least 1,000 more..
    hugs
    xx

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  72. Papaya

    And Thank you Corey!!!!

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  73. Elaine

    Corey, that is quite a milestone and you have brought so much into my life. Thank you for always being here.

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  74. mary ann

    happy 1000th!!
    you have come a LONG way, baby!!!
    so glad to have followed you from those early posts!
    my thoughts are with you & your family…
    xoxoxoxoxo mary ann

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  75. Melly

    BRAVO!

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  76. Mary

    One thousand beautiful posts – the words, the images, the sharing of your life and family on both sides of the pond.
    Thank you so very much Corey – you have made my life much better in many ways you will never know.
    Congratulations!!! My love to you and yours…..and please keep blogging!
    ~~~~~~~Mary~~~~~~~

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  77. Mary

    One thousand beautiful posts – the words, the images, the sharing of your life and family on both sides of the pond.
    Thank you so very much Corey – you have made my life much better in many ways you will never know.
    Congratulations!!! My love to you and yours…..and please keep blogging!
    ~~~~~~~Mary~~~~~~~

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  78. tommie

    wow….I think I found you on Two Peas…not sure..but so glad I did.
    I recently shared your blog with someone whose mom was in ICU…she continues to read and be comforted by your words and photos..
    Thank you for sharing your emotions and words with all of us!

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  79. Alice

    Wow a 1000 posts. That’s quite an event Ms. Corey. I’m looking forward to 1000 more. I adore your words and your photo’s inspire.

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  80. Hasmin

    WOWZAH! Happy 1K posts! I’m looking forward to a THOUSAND MORE!!! ((hugs)) to you dear Corey. 🙂

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  81. Morgan

    Corey… that is amazing!! You should be so proud!! Not to many could post a blog and people would flock to read more!! Congrats!! Can’t wait to read much much more!!

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  82. Du Buh Du Designs

    I havent’ been here in a few weeks and it;s nice to see posts about your daughter’s spontaneous strip to Cannes and such .Life is made up of wonderful, sad, stunning ordinary events that are all strung together and it’s been enjoyable to see some of those events in your life and families life posted here. Happy 1000 th post !! (You’ve been posting almost as long as my son has been alive~Thanksgiving 05).
    Sending good thoughts your way:)
    ~Christine

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  83. tut-tut

    Corey, how glad I am for you.

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  84. rochambeau

    Dear Friend,
    Yesterday I joined the learning curve society. Today I start to learn a new way. New tricks.
    frustration. Oh well.
    Sleep well,
    C

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  85. rochambeau

    FORGOT TO SAY
    OH MY!!!
    Happy 1000th!!
    You Go Corey!

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  86. paulyn

    Your blog is beautiful. I’ve gone through your pages and all I read is beautiful. Congratulations on your 1000th post!

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  87. stephanie

    What a great possitive attitude you have! I have been bemoaning the typepad glitches…you are CELEBRATING and rightly so!

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  88. CAMILLA

    Hi Corey,
    CONGRATULATIONS on your 1000th Blog, you are an inspiration to us all. Thank you for sharing with us your beautiful words and such beautiful pictures.
    CAMILLA.X

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  89. irenee

    You are so funny and so lovely. I remember your delightfulness from way back when I once enjoyed my typepad. I am now sufficed to, on occasion still thoroughly enjoy yours.

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