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You make such a deep impression. There’s so much of you in your writing. Old enough to be your parent, you frighten and astonish me at the same time with your knowledge and insights. The threats and risks you take for us. Like the rest of us, I feel you are mine.

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Let me parrot Jan's words. I've read each of Sarah's books several times until the messages have blended somewhat into a much larger message. I do have one visual memory that comes from either 'Flyover Country' or 'Hiding' in which she recounts a homeward walk with her young family along a well-known suburban street in front of a well-known community park with a beautiful pool building. (I've spent my youth and young adulthood splashing around in that pool.) It is the image I keep that says that regardless of the intentional corruptions around us, there is/are good people along our paths. That reinforces my sense of hope and truly blurs the looming storms of each new day. Can't wait for the next volume; hope you'll do another discussion get-together with this new one.

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Thank you very much — and the community pool is back for an appearance in the first chapter of THE LAST AMERICAN ROAD TRIP! Me and that pool, I’m like Tony Soprano and his ducks…

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Goosebumps. All of this.

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WAH! Jan, you made me cry a little.

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Amen...

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Please keep writing in this Mean Time! We need to hear your voice.

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I plan to! I've got one group wanting to kill me, one group wanting to censor me, and one group wanting to read me so let's hope the last group wins!

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One that wants to kill me, one that wants to censor me, one that wants to read me — sounds like new words for an old Eagles song!

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Hahaha well Don Henley inspired the style of THEY KNEW, apparently he never left my subconscious!

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That’s funny. My first serene thought was, it’s a girl my lord in a black bed ford…then quickly blurred and morphed into that other song.

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One that wants to kill me,

One that wants to squelch me,

And one that reads me all the time

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That fits well in that Winslow, AZ song. Then again there is a Cabin in the Woods and a Ketu Rahu portal somewhere in District 1 Texas. Henley really should have gotten rolling credit somewhere in release of the movie Caddo Lake.

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Y’all give it a watch if you haven’t already.

The Mist by King had been filmed around this Hotel California area as well. Now the M. Night crowd doing a movie about portals.

The King adaptation movie from Tom’s grocery was so good. I think Night and King are now in a portals opened by military that wasn’t supposed to be opened competition.

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=OQU7PLVEcHM

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Your thoughts and words are always welcome in my house. I sincerely hope the group that values reading and understanding triumphs above all.

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Thank you so much, Sarah. I have been following your brilliant, humane, courageous truth-telling work for several years now, with enormous appreciation and inspiration. I have read all your books (more than once), have given copies to others, and can't wait to receive and read your newest. I wish you and your dear family a peaceful, healthy holiday season, and may the new year be full of HAPPY surprises for all of us. Even one happy surprise might suffice at this point! With love and admiration-- Elizabeth

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Thank you! What I would give for a happy surprise...Hope you have a great holiday too!

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That last picture! ❤️❤️❤️❤️. Great essay too!

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Thank you! I remember passing that sign in 2019 and making my husband pull over so I could get a picture. It was too perfect. In retrospect, ominous, as covid had arrived but we did not know it yet.

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It says it all. Timeless, really.

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Sarah, thank you. I love your beautiful writings and the cogent Cassandra messages you’ve given us over the years. I don’t know what my emotional state re our country will be when your book arrives in the spring, but I anticipate the read will be one to savor in my little nook. Grateful for that. We all must emulate your courage and ground ourselves in the coming months. Wishing you a wonderful holiday season with your family.

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Well stated, Sue.

“Emulate Sarah’s courage and ground ourselves”, indeed!

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Thank you both!

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I told a friend about your books and your newsletter and let her know she could read your newsletters because there is no paywall. That is so rare these days. She got back to me and said she really learned a lot, and she became a paid subscriber. What impressed her the most was your courage.

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That is so nice to hear -- thank you! Tell her thank you too

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I just dig all your writing. Thank you Sarah

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Thanks for reading!

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Appreciate you, Sarah. Thank you for never faltering in your commitment to the truth and what’s real. Your newsletter has been such a respite for me this year. Thank you for everything.

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Thank you for reading!

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Thank you as always Sarah, for your courage and unblinking clarity. I have been a reader for several years but became a subscriber this year and I feel it is the least that any of us can do to support you in this way. I have wondered how it is possible to be a parent with open eyes in this foul time, and I admire your capacity to touch the better and more tactile parts of experience on behalf of your kids, your community, and all of us. You have my complete support and many of us will fight for you to be able to retain your courageous voice. I am very grateful.

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Thank you Sarah. You were the first person I remember to call out the darker threats underlying the first Imperium. Now we are entering the second, I feel much better equipped to understand what's likely ahead and how I can better hold on as the fabric of the country is ripped apart. You are a hero.

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I don't believe in heroes...but thank you anyway! And thank you for reading and paying attention. My best to you!

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Thank you, Sarah, for all you do. I am not very good at keeping up with reading on the regular. I think my short attention span is due to simply being overwhelmed by all that is/has been going on. I do however enjoy reading your writing, and insight. I have two kids who I am constantly concerned about now. Not only because of the changing landscape, but because they are right in the crosshairs of who the GOP targets. My only consolation is the fact that I know that there are others who feel like I do, and I am not alone. Hopefully you will go on a book signing tour for your new book next year. Looking forward to reading it and having it join your other books on my shelf! Wishing you a lovely holiday with your family. Stay safe. You are an essential part of this world.

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Happy Holidays, Sarah. I am grateful for you and this community.

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Happy holidays to you too Ronna!

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I'd like to put 2024 in my rear view mirror. Some of the images I saw were not as wonderful as that photo in your car. I learned a lot though and somehow thrived in the process.

Happy Holidays and keep up your great work!

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Thanks, happy holidays to you too!

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Sarah, thanks for your brilliant insights into reality! As I’ve said before be safe!

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Thank you! Trying...

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Was it Lyndon Johnson who said, “There’s nothing in the middle of the road except yellow lines and dead armadillos!” You certainly don’t mind taking an open position! That’s so admirable!

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I believe it was Jim Hightower. Another Texan, but not to be confused with the other.

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I believe you! I’m just concerned for you and your family! These cutthroats have no moral compass & will do anything! It probably irritates them that you have been so accurate in charting their path! 💚

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That first picture has big Blue Öyster Cult "Mirrors" vibes.

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A mirror is a negative space with a frame! And a place for your face!

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We are all turning into the Great Sun Jester.

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Hey I’m a veteran of a thousand psychic wars at this point…

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Whaddaya gonna do with a political structure based on Dominance and Submission?

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Make a Career of Evil?

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A sincere Happy Holidays to you, Sarah! Can’t wait for the new book!

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