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Creative with so many nuggets. Thank you for sharing. I definitely have some “nuts” in my fudge and each of them share some uniqueness that makes my family whole.

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Yes, I have some more people in my family that give it -- its "uniqueness." If I'm not careful, I'm going to be added to the "nutty" part soon. ha ha! Love family!

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Always enjoy any little bit of family history.

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Another good story Jan..... keep them coming x

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Thanks so much for your encouragement!!! I'm hoping to write the blog for a year at least -- if people are reading it. Substack does a good job of keeping stats. So far so good...

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Loved your story of Bobby. Unfortunately I never knew either of my grandfathers so no funny, kookie stories about them.

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Ah, Teresa ~ I'm sorry you missed the experience. Thanks for reading my blog!

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Love this, Jan. I definitely have a few nuts in the family tree. But I love history - mine and in general. It all tells a story.

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Hello Jan, tomorrow we return to class and I'm going to talk about the Inca's Empire in the history class and telling some interesting legends about it.

I loved the story of Bobby, quite a character.

A big hug.

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Oh, Elizabeth ~ I'm so excited for you & your students. Hope you have a great day with the Incas -- plus a great year. Your recent pictures looks as if you had a wonderful girl trip. I bet you'll have a lot to share. {{ Hugs}}

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Thanks Jan, my students are full of life and eager to learn, this is the first year they go to presential school because the pandemic caught them in pre-kinder.

The trip was incredible, I laughed a lot. On Saturday the 13th my son will get engaged to his girlfriend and they will get married on December, this will be an unforgettable year.

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Yes Jan first of all I enjoyed your blog. I have a granddaughter who is very eager and anxious to know about my family’ ltree. I told her that I was only one year old when my dad died during the Japanese regime.The Japanese killed my father during the world war 2.

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Elisa ~ I recently read all the letters my dad sent my mom when he was oversees during WWII. He was a pilot. It made me see him in a completely different light. It was so good for me! I was lucky my dad returned -- nine months later I was born. I think it's wonderful your granddaughter wants to know about your family tree. Many kids don't want to be bother... xoxo

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I told her I did not see my dad I only saw him in his picture.He was a soldiers during WW11 so sad for me

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Yes, a terrible loss for you! {{ Hug }}

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Jan, that was great! I started drifting off into old memories of the 60’s. The music, the friends, they boys, the parties. I didn’t like high school studies but I loved college. Think I’ll find that song by the doors, Light My Fire, and reminisce about how much fun those days were. Thanks for sharing some of your great memories.

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Debbie ~ I put Billy Joel's "We Didn't Start the Fire" with my story, highlight or reel -- whatever you call that thing -- with a little dancing hippie??? We must think a like. Hugs!

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I love Bobby’s character very interesting , is there a continuation?

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Thanks, Lucy! We shall see... You have a character in your family you could share? xoxo

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Great job !!I like this Bobby character Jan !! :)

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Thanks, Irene! He was unique! Got one of those in your family?

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We sure do !!

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I have a few NUTS or nuggets in my family including myself to be honest! Enjoyed reading this! Thank you!

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Thanks, Susan, for reading my blog. History doesn't have to be boring...

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