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Girls of summer

A story by Elis Bradshaw with 102 loves

Seeds

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Write a one-sentence lesson that somebody taught you (e.g. “This is Sarah; Sarah taught me…”). Pair it with a photo of that person.

A seed with 34 sprouts

Topics

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Identity

A topic with 267 stories

Places

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Chicago

Illinois, USA

Dates

138 years

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1996

A year with 83 stories

Authors

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Kay

Chameleon

Roles

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Husband

A role with 347 people

Collections

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Animals

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Loves

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Mining Mollusks

Sarah Norrad loved Mining Mollusks by neighbordeb

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“It only comes after the sadness strikes me with the fact that I am all alone, but it is almost like an orgasm...sorry, I don't know any other way to say it...a shock of "nothingness" being around me. ”

A comment by Bat's Daughter on We do know where all the lonely people are. by jean-claude

Sprouts

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Being There

Jeff Bailey sprouted this story from Write a one-sentence lesson that somebody taught you (e.g. “This is Sarah; Sarah taught me…”). Pair it with a photo of that person. — a seed planted by Jonathan Harris

Dedications

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Eat this, eat this.

Pat shekhar dedicated this story to San Cassimally

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