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Journal Entry - May 29, 2026: lifeonab17.me

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Journal Entry - May 28, 2026: lifeonab17.me

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Journal Entry - May 27, 2026: lifeonab17.me

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Journal Entry - May 26, 2026: lifeonab17.me

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Journal Entry - May 25, 2026: lifeonab17.me

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Journal Entry - May 24, 2026: lifeonab17.me

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Journal Entry - May 23, 2026: lifeonab17.me

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Journal Entry - May 22, 2026: lifeonab17.me

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Journal Entry - May 21, 2026: lifeonab17.me

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Journal Entry - May 20, 2026: lifeonab17.me

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Journal Entry - May 19, 2026: lifeonab17.me

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Journal Entry - May 18, 2026: lifeonab17.me

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Mantra - May 22, 2026: lifeonab17.me

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Mantra - March 11, 2026: lifeonab17.me

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Journal Entry - May 17, 2026: lifeonab17.me

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Journal Entry - May 15, 2026: lifeonab17.me

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Journal Entry - May 15, 2026: lifeonab17.me

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Journal Entry - May 14, 2026: lifeonab17.me

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Northern Tier Progress: lifeonab17.me

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Journal Entry - May 13, 2026: lifeonab17.me

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My Friends: lifeonab17.me

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Grammar - Chapter 1 - Prepositions: lifeonab17.me

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Grammar - Chapter 1 - Adverbs: lifeonab17.me

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Journal Entry - May 12, 2026: lifeonab17.me

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Journal Entry - May 11, 2026: lifeonab17.me

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@ayjay Thank you for the recommendation. I’ll grab that and give it a go. This will be my first foray into wayward historical fiction…

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@ayjay Brilliant!

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@PaulnRhe Love following! If you export your photos to .jpeg with a width of 640 then post, they will be MUCH smaller and will still size to page width with high resolution. Cheers!

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@PaulnRhe I’m very excited for you! I will be starting the TransAm in Williamsburg on May 5. I too will be blogging the adventure! Cheers!

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