It’s, goodness, two weeks away from Thanksgiving. The days get darker earlier, which sucks because now I leave work when it’s dark outside. It’s also getting cold in Iowa, and has been for a week or so, and I’m definitely getting back into the regular ways of cold mornings. It involves more snoozing of the […]
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