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An Old Lady & The Merciful Grass

On hearing a mysterious tale for the last time from my mother

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Rod Dreher
Feb 03, 2022
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Rainbow over Budapest the day I arrived

So, I made it to Budapest. The flight was uneventful, and I even slept a bit on it. But when I made it to my rented apartment at 1:30pm yesterday, I crashed hard. I expected to sleep for a couple of hours then go out to meet friends, but in fact I slept for, get this, fourteen hours. That has never happened to me b…

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