May 23, 2020 – CurtBile.com

THE LONG ROAD AHEAD

This does not reflect on my state of mind/mood. At the time I heard kindle text-to-speech apologize for “evening” and thought that was a clever idea given my poor sleep hygiene of late. JW

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