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Martha Nichols's avatar

So great to see this piece again! And thank you so much for the shout-out to me at Inside Reader — https://marthanichols.substack.com/ — and Talking Writing, which also lives on Substack these days.

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Jeremiah Horrigan's avatar

Can I Quote you?

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Martha Nichols's avatar

Of course!

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Glenn Nystrup's avatar

I recall that public schools would close down all classes and responsibilities,

and the World Series would bellow over the loud-speaker perched in every room--

giving it a holy air. I lived through several of these, growing up in CT.

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Steven Lewis's avatar

Baseball, it is said, is only a game. True. And the Grand Canyon is only a hole in Arizona." ~ George Will

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Jeremiah Horrigan's avatar

And if the Grand Canyon could speaj as well some of these guys, I'd be living in Utah. Cheers - J

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