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Jan 2Liked by Justice Bartlett

i love blooming on time. timing is reverence to what is. i'm open for when it's time for the bud to appear and poke it's curiosity into mid air as i was about to make another appearance. how many buds blossom and for those who haven't appeared yet, you're incubating ever so safely. Nip it in the bud for timing is everything. happy . New. Everything.

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Jan 2Liked by Justice Bartlett

Love how you celebrated. I, for the first time ever, donned a pair of Christmas pajamas and thick holiday socks on the eve of the 23ed and stayed ib them until the morning of the 26rh. Cuddled with Hamlet, ate good food and also sweets and poured wine at 1 p.m. I was asleep by 8 and up before 6 and skipped my strength training, Then repeated it over December 30 through January 1st! Thanks Justice and Happy 2024.

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Jan 2Liked by Justice Bartlett

I'm definitely blooming from a thoroughly-incubated state. Maybe it's more accurate to say the bud is continuing to swell. Swelling slowly suits me. Mounting the spiral stairs into the crow's nest where warmth is contained under the seventeen-foot ceiling, I can finish this comment in the comfort of the floor fitted with mats, blankets and pillows. We put our Dream of Communal Living up for sale. The only comers couldn't let go enough to join a circle. Maybe we couldn't either. So my biggest Work of Art to date will be dismantled and I turn within.

These are wise words for Interesting Times, dear Justice.

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