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Mr. Troy Ford's avatar

Call me crazy, but I kinda like the idea of Yosemite Deirdre galloping away shooting her gun in the air.

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Deirdre Lewis's avatar

Ha 😂well…

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Susie Mawhinney's avatar

I love nights of insomnia when I find someone who has the perfect humane cure for ant invasions.

Great writing Deirdre, I especially loved the last - I do that wondering about others thing too… and I have that same tinnitus, your description is spot on!

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Fred "Doom" Dummar's avatar

Hitting people isn't the thing, it's dealing with the aftermath that changes you. In the moment, the hitting is often lost to flow or rage.

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Deirdre Lewis's avatar

Darn, well I'll have to keep hitting a bag then!

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Jonah Ogilwy's avatar

"I started boxing more than 25 years ago mainly because I really wanted to know what it was like to hit someone." So relatable!

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Deirdre Lewis's avatar

The urge is real!

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Holly Starley's avatar

Oh my Gosh, your dad and the notes to the ants! 🐜♥️

And I’m totally with you on the open to more than one side and on the judgment piece.

Also, really glad to hear the reading went well. Would love if one day my visit to LA coincided with another one. :)

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Deirdre Lewis's avatar

We will have to make that happen, just let me know!

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Kim Itkonen's avatar

I like that.

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Zoe Renee's avatar

♥️

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Theresa Griffin Kennedy's avatar

I love the ant story!! We’re inundated with ants right now, and I just can’t kill them. I’m leaving them alone. I might do something to divert them, later, but my Buddhist beliefs forbid me to kill them. They’re so cute how they work diligently to take a tiny crumb back to their lair… LOL…

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David Roberts's avatar

Those ants had moxie! Thanks for the Snaps.

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Deirdre Lewis's avatar

Ha! They did!

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Stephanie Sweeney's avatar

The first paragraph of Sweet is everything. Thanks for sharing that.

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Deirdre Lewis's avatar

Thanks, I love that you pointed that one out!

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