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The question is \"How will you respond to it?\"        </p><p><br>\n            <i></i><br>\n                        <a href=\"https://absolonkent.net/tag/+%23LoveYourself\" class=\"p-category\"> </a><a href=\"https://absolonkent.net/tag/LoveYourself\" class=\"p-category\">#LoveYourself</a><br>\n                    </p> <br>\n        ","summary":"","url":"https://absolonkent.net/2026/you-will-have-pressure-in-life-the","date_published":"2026-07-20T00:02:34+00:00","author":{"name":"Absolon S. 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Bunch III as a gift to the natio...","url":"https://absolonkent.net/2026/american-aspirations","date_published":"2026-07-15T01:35:08+00:00","author":{"name":"Absolon S. 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Patrick, opened this weekend at the Torpedo Factory Art Center in The Art League Gallery.I attended the show’s opening reception and artist interview session on Friday evening and was...","url":"https://absolonkent.net/2026/smiles-welcomed","date_published":"2026-07-12T15:50:19+00:00","author":{"name":"Absolon S. 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After selling land to newly freed African Americans, they deeded on...","url":"https://absolonkent.net/2026/mount-pleasant-baptist-church-lincolnia-cemetery","date_published":"2026-07-08T17:58:24+00:00","author":{"name":"Absolon S. 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