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Rhiannon12866

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5. I sure know. I had numerous errands to run today and I just wanted to stay in bed.
Thu Nov 7, 2024, 05:00 AM
Nov 7

And how are you and the situation in NC, I think about Black Mountain all the time. My grandmother lived in the retirement community there, lovely place, I spent a lot of time there, as you know, and I can't help wondering how they're doing. I knew all of the members of her peace group quite well, considered them kindred spirits and friends. But they were all senior citizens except one woman who was also older than me, and the last time I was there, for the funeral of the man who was the closest I had to a grandfather and there were only 5 of us left in 1999. BTW, he was 101 1/2 - and there were international guests since he had been the head of the YMCA worldwide, based in Geneva. He was forced to retire at 65 (in 1962!) and that's when he moved to Black Mountain to run the YMCA Southern Conference Center, Blue Ridge Assembly.

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