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Kali

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3. oooo! a real struggle

Reply to irisblue (Original post)

Sat Dec 28, 2019, 12:28 PM

Dec 2019

living on the ranch...you are supposed to be hospitable, anybody who drops by gets to come in and have coffee.

I manage part of this by not demanding the two utility companies fix or maintain the old original road in here, but some try anyway and others find their way from the other direction. There is a LOT of tension in me between the tradition and my need for privacy.

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