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Viveka G's avatar

Nice pause! It flows beautifully.

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Michael's avatar

You're very readable Ninette. Glad to have known you and hear that you're well and happy. Jane and I are of to Stress in May, any tips ?

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Ninette Hartley's avatar

I'm so glad you enjoy reading my posts. I'd like to say I know something about 'Stress' but you've got me there as I've never heard of it. . . a typo perhaps? 😊

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Michael's avatar

Stresa. Not interested in stress.

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Heather Andrew's avatar

I love hearing about your past as well as the present. Please keep writing, it’s a joy to read and share. Love Heather

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Ninette Hartley's avatar

Thank you 😊

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DD🌻's avatar

Love it. Can't wait how it continues...you already got me at Weston-super-Mare, interestingly enough...my great-uncle is buried at the war cemetery of Weston-super-Mare, North Somerset Unitary Authority. I haven't been yet since I have only discovered that piece of family history.

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Ninette Hartley's avatar

Thanks DD . . . I hope not disappoint you. Interesting, the WSM connection. My mother lived there (which is how I ended up there, divorced, with my two children) I never really liked it though. 😊

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DD🌻's avatar

Good to know. Thank you! 😊 The connection to the place is really just that cemetery. A bleak part of European, or rather German history. My great-uncle was only 26 in September 1940, when he and his plane crew were shot over Somerset. His body was the only one washed ashore while the others remained lost. My family didn't know anything until the mid-1980s...and since Germany was divided at that time, I didn't learn anything about his whereabouts until recently because family doesn't always like to talk about the past... But anyways, back to your piece...that's for me to decide if I am disappointed. I look forward to your next piece. Grazie mille. 😊

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Michael's avatar

You're very readable Ninette. Glad to have met you along the way.

Jane and I are off to Stress in May. Any tips ?

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Michael's avatar

Stresa of course. 😴

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