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txwhitedove

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4. Love the t-shirt. Happy day after, quiet Sunday. Thanks to my new windows,
Sun Jul 5, 2026, 01:15 PM
Sunday

we barely hear the fireworks, but there definitely weren't as many this year.

Just finished A Ficker in the Dark by Stacy Willingham, recommended last week by MIButterfly. Oh my, quite a page turner, thriller, plot twists, keeps you guessing BUT I did not sneak a peek at the ending. "When Chloe Davis was twelve, six teenage girls went missing in her small Louisiana town. By the end of the summer, her own father had confessed to the crimes and was put away for life, leaving Chloe and the rest of her family to grapple with the truth and try to move forward while dealing with the aftermath. Now twenty years later, Chloe is a psychologist in Baton Rouge and getting ready for her wedding. But..."

Note on non-fiction I mentioned last week, The Ride of Her Life: Probably the best book I've read this year, funny, inspiring, and a historical memory for this Boomer.

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