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Elias S.'s avatar

"To have my spoon in a tiny little corner of her Hindu soup."

"...ready to blow! Sometimes like a bomb, sometimes like Coltrane."

Bravo !

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Elias S.'s avatar

Every word is true! Your work inspired me - I have started opening up to lots of people about what's really been going on, and it has been liberating.

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Tommy Swerdlow's avatar

That's great brother. We helped each other and I lost eight pounds!

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Chris Nathan's avatar

I loved those lines too!

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Reflections's avatar

Great to be a part of

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ilana simons's avatar

There's sunshine coming from this one

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Kim Urig's avatar

I found you! Hi Tommy, It's your long-lost KimFromOhio friend, and finding your substack fills me with joy. I don't have time to catch up right now, but I'm going to come back and read it all.

Happy New Year!

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Holly Starley's avatar

Glad you took us back here. ♥️ And those last couple lines--a gorgeous lesson beautifully told.

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Tommy Swerdlow's avatar

Thank you Holly. Good to have you reading along.

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Pattie Lee Pierce's avatar

Spreading the love (stories) around. That’s why we’re here.

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Roy Strassman's avatar

Love yr hip o’ the hip peregrinations!

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Marlene McKee's avatar

I wonder, was the name of the "elegant Hungarian personality" Eva?

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Tommy Swerdlow's avatar

Your positivity is far less repressed

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