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It makes me wonder whether every generation looks back on its youth in disbelief...Or, whether there really is a kind of demographic exceptionalism.

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Terrific ! Thx

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Jul 10, 2022Liked by Alice Goldbloom

Brilliant.. and sadly true

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Beautiful post, Susie. I think you are onto something.

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Jul 10, 2022Liked by Alice Goldbloom

This is so good! One of your best!

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Jul 10, 2022Liked by Alice Goldbloom

We are so many kindred souls wandering in the late afternoon dusk.

Fabulous--thank you!

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Jul 10, 2022Liked by Alice Goldbloom

Susie, your considerable prowess with our evocative and gorgeous language means it’s almost scary to comment. Those years in which we grew up do seem different than those my children are experiencing. There was the normal human quotient of evil, apathy and complacency, but it was offset by a flowering of hope and the presence of formidable positive change. That stays in my aging bones. Not nostalgia but the memory of what we can accomplish through a shared vision.

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Harmless like Dumbledore, maybe.

Those who can write as well as you do, can influence.

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