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When the village scribe knew all love secrets and ate choice meals

In a season of severe stress from high cost of living, expensive and unavailable dollars, and the threatened return of mandamano, I feel inspired to escape the somber and reflect on the more mundane, but nonetheless fascinating aspects of life especially when viewed in the back mirror.

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