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Some thoughts and grief, on the longest night

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Dec 21, 2023
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Written November 13, 2023

When Charles was alive, he said he wanted to see the Northern Lights.

He was a world traveler when I met him. One of the highest compliments he gave was, “You and I make good travel companions.”

But for his first 70 years, he barely left his town. He’d only read about the wonders of the world in his beloved Washington Post. It wa…

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