This must be the place: ‘Olden times and ancient rhymes, of love and dreams to share’ (Part Two)

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Wednesday, 03/01/2024

Somewhere between the treadmill and the free weights of the complimentary fitness center, my mind started thinking on all the different hotels and cities I’ve found myself in this past year. This go-round it was the Cambria in Columbia, South Carolina. 

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This must be the place: Stuck in Columbia with the North Country blues again

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Tuesday, 04/07/2023

At 6 p.m. this past Friday, I was supposed to be walking into my 20th high school reunion at the Latitude 45 bar in the small Canadian Border town of Rouses Point, New York (population: 2,225). 

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