Had been hoping to squeeze this into my weekend during work hours but that was not meant to be. Sometimes you just can’t create, even in the ebbs of the regular flow.
A word prompt to get your creativity flowing this weekend. How you use the prompt is up to you. Write a piece of flash fiction, a poem, a chapter for your novel…anything you like. Or take the challenge below – there are no prizes – it’s not a competition but rather a fun writing exercise. If you want to share what you come up with, please leave a link to it in the comments. Click on the box below to join in on Sammi’s challenge or read other takes on this wonderful word.
Simple beauty painting the sky
in subtle and nuanced palette
the softest of violets and blues
morphing into brighter pinks and oranges
reminiscent
of love’s journey, where
A chance encounter turns into a friendship
Grows
Glows
into love
Pretty in pastels. Nicely nuanced 38 words.
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Thank you, Timothy. Glad you liked!
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A touching way of using the word Dale, lovely!
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Thank you, Andrea. So very glad!
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Well done. Of course you know, ‘nuance’ is not in the Old English Sheepdog lexicon. ☺️
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Thank you. And no. Nor in the Wheaton Terrier, nor the Golden Retriever, nor in the Labrador. Occasionally, it might show up in the German Shepherd… 😉
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🤣
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Tee hee…
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You forgot Poodle in that group. LOL
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Right. My bad (went with all the dogs in my family 😉 )
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Just razzing you. Course Elsa’s little stunt moments ago prompted the comment. #ohthatdog
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I know you are 😉 And, the fact you didn’t mention it in your original comment led me to believe she was not in the group 😉
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Ha! Both her and Sam knew little in the terms of nuance. It’s probably what made their hearts so big.
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This is true. There is a lovable quality to the galoots in our lives.
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Wait. What did she do?
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Her usual bullying of Norman which seems to be getting more frequent lately. I have to have a serious come-to-Jesus chat with that girl!
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Oh dear… Not a big fan, is she?
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She’s very jealous whenever he’s close by and she tends to chase him off. It might be flattering if I didn’t know she’s resource guarding me. 😲
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Oh boy!!
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She’s playing with fire. He could easily take her down in a NY minute. But…as the saying goes…she persisted. 😳
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And yet, I bet he holds back out of respect for you…
Does he ever get mad at her?
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Rarely. He’s got such a mellow disposition that she does not deserve.
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That’s what I’m saying. He’s a gentleman through and through.
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A very sweet one at that.
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You have been blessed.
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I really lucked out with him.
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I think there was a special angel working for you
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Agreed. #trulyblessed
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💞
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I liked the part where you compared the sky to evolving love. Excellent.
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Thank you, John. It took me some working and reworking to say what I wanted to say! Glad it came across in the end.
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It did. 😁
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🙂
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Beautiful take on this prompt Dale ❤
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Aww you! Thank you sweet Poetess! 💞
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You are more than welcome 💞
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😊
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Aaaw that’s beautiful. Nice one Dale
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Why thank you, kind sir!
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Dear Dale,
Lovely nuanced verse using subtle colours. Glows into love. How wonderful.
Shalom and lotsa pastel-hued hugs,
Rochelle
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Dear Rochelle,
Thank you, my friend. I have to tell you, I’ve been putzing around with this one for two days! So, I am all the more pleased you thought it wonderful.
Shalom and lotsa glowing love,
Dale
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Lovely–and nuanced, Dale. “Glows in love.” Sigh.
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Aww shucks. Coming from one I admire greatly, this is a wonderful sigh! Thank you, Merril.
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You’re very welcome!
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🙂
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Un mini roman très nuancé! 🙂
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Merci ma très chère!! 🙂
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this is exquisite! xoxo
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Why thank you, Na’ama! I’m rather speechless! xoxo
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Fitting, in this case. Really lovely. And the beauty of the photo made me gasp.
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Thank you, sweet friend. I left work, tired and fed up and that sky just took away the yuck… I walked to the end of the parking lot so I could cut out all the lamp posts and unwanteds so if it made you gasp, was worth the walk! xoxo
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Yay, very VERY special photo and an excellente poem! 🙂
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😘😘
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A few words for love – exactly what we need just now.
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Why thank you, kind sir!
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This is really a beautiful piece of work Dale it captures the essence of nuance perfectly.
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Thank you my dear Willow. So glad you think so
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I really do 💜
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🧡🧡
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That is a striking use of color, if I may say that when the prompt is nuance. Well done, Dale.
And the photo… Reminds me that I need to get out for a sunrise walk this morning.
And yes, sometimes playing potter with the clay of our thoughts gets welcome results such as this.
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Of course you may 😊
I walked out of work at some time around 8:00 p.m. and that sky just called me. I had to walk to the end of the parking lot to be able to cut out lampposts and stuff and was rather pleased.
What a cool way of mixing medium. Potter with the clay or our thoughts…
Thank you so very much.
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The eye of the artist sees the same view but notices it differently. 😌
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This is very true. 😊
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Ah, Dale, beauty in your sky, beauty in your words all evolving to love… or originating from it. Thank you! xoxoxoxoxoxoxo + many hugs!
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Thank you, dear Marina. Such a lovely comment. Very glad you like. xoxoxoxo
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Oh, I do, very much so! 😘🤗🤗🤗
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You are so very kind! I’m playing catch up so will be checking out your pieces!!
😘🤗
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Happens to me on weekends and catching up can be challenging!!! 😉 Nevertheless, posts will be there so take your time… that said I look forward to it! 😉😘🤗🤗🤗
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See? Even this comment I missed! Yeah, this blogging business is so friggen time-consuming at times. I have to re-figure out how much time I want to be spending doing the back and forth of it all.
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…I say I need to do it so many times, and even more times I forget, or don’t have time to! Crazy huh?! 😉
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It is crazy. 🙂
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…speaking of crazy… weekend’s ahead and I’m already behind! 😬😱
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Don’t even get me started… 😉
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….and as if another artist birthday wasn’t enough after Henry Moore [Jean Dubuffet – just posted], I’ve got hubs posting all these lovely childhood nostalgia songs too!!!!! 😱🤯
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I saw that! I’ll be checking out, fear not…
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😘😘
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Ah! This piece of poetry is beautiful. 🙂
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Thank you so much! 😊
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You are welcome. 🙂
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Beautiful, Dale. 🙂
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Thank you, Robin 😊
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A Photography and now a Poet. Is there no upper boundary to your talent?
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Well, coming from one who has suddenly become an amazing photographer himself, I know not of what you speak!
I just keep trying, hoping I don’t suck 😉
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Beautiful done. So much so, possibly one of your best.
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Thank you, Frank. High praise indeed! 🙂
Hope all is well in your neck!
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All well here. Storms passed through yesterday evening, so a break from the sweltering crap. Canteen still ok?
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We had a few rainfalls that kinda sorta removed some of the humidity for a day. 😉
I’m done with it, to tell you the truth. Something better falls into my lap, I’ll take it.
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But are you still there for now?
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Got bills to pay, so yes…
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Understand … Good luck with the hunt. Keep your head up!
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Thanks. Doing my best!
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I’m sure you are.
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You’re the sweetest!
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Thank you …. got to support friends.
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That we do!
And you? The golf is good? Both play and work?
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Play wise – up and down. Can’t seem to find my groove. Work wise – ok. The place has been crazy busy with players for many months. I’m guessing they are breaking records for play. But – because the adjacent conference center has done zero to minimal business – and the restaurant had it’s time of closure – the golf side is trying to manage expenses (hours), which I understand and don’t mind.
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Bummer – hope you find your swing!
We’ve been seeing easily 650+ players per day. I think our capacity is something like 720 – or that might be pushing it. The restaurant is doing crazy well also and the kitchen and front of the house are short on staff so… I am awfully glad to be in my little space under the terrace!
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That many players? wow … how many holes?
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It’s really weird. They have two courses split up into what they call the “Actual” which is 12 holes (new concept; there are only two in Canada) and the “Classic” which is 4 X 9 holes for the 36. On the site it says there are a total of 39 holes – I am frankly confused…
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No matter how it’s counted, a busy place. I assume Public, but the former was private.
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Exactly. Totally different clientele, lemme tell you.
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I can imagine …. the private with 36 holes must have many members.
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Last year they had over 1000.
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That’s a lot of golfers, no wonder so much play. We only have 18 holes & private, so typically do 150-200 players. Is the canteen located at a junction of multiple courses?
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It is a lot of golfers.
The old one has two full courses and, I think the capacity was close to 700 as well. AND private.
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This is lovely, Dale.
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Thank you, Ina. So glad you think so.
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Your 38 words are like looking at a painting! ⚡️💥
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Your comment is blush-worthy! Thank you, 🧚🏻🌟
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Beautiful photo to go with your beautiful words, Dale 🙂
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Thank you so much, Adele. So appreciative of your kind words.
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You’re welcome, Dale. I always look forward to reading your posts 🙂
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Aww. What a lovely thing to say! I am touched.
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Q
A beautiful post, Q. Serene and rhythmic in its brevity. Which is always the goal, I think. To make the words count for as much as you possibly can, and you did so with this challenge, no doubt about it.
And yanno, it’s way, way easier on the eyes than Joe’s version of Nuance . . which he pronounces just a little bit differently . . as if New-Ants.
B
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B,
Thank you, B. I admit it did not come easy so am rather glad you feel I made the words count.
And yes, once I got New-Ants out of my head… I was able to move forward 😉
Q
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It’s work, always is work. And sometimes the less words you have to work with the more difficult it is to chisel something out of them.
Joe has his own vocabulary. When I told him the correct pronunciation of nuance, he thought she was Beyonce’s cousin
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The good stuff is, isn’t it? And this is true. Trying to pass the message I wanted in the mere 38 words… oy.
Joe does. And…. buahahaha!
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Sometimes it’s a matter of going back and reworking it later. And sometimes you cant leave it or the vibe will pass. It’s a cranky one.
Joe needs to show up after my break.
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It is! And I tried on Saturday. Then again on Sunday. Thought to myself, oh well, this one is not going to be. Kinda funny as I had chosen my image to go with my unwritten poem. Figured I’d try again yesterday and managed to lasso those words into some semblance of order.
He does. We’ll have to find a good reason for me to 😉
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Sometimes when I leave something, it’s toast. Other times, magic happens while I’m away. You never can tell. I guess that’s why it’s good to have a draft folder.
Beauty of a pic to go along with it, yes.
Yes indeed. 🙂
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Yes, I have more than a few items in my draft folder. And every now and again, I go through it and officially flush stuff while others remain because… maybe.
Thank you, lovely.
😉
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I have posts in there, many of which will never see the light of day for various reasons, LOL.
MUAH!
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I feel ya. Some don’t “age” well. Like, I went to Cuba in 2016… methinks that post ain’t never gonna see the light of day, yanno?
MWAH!
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It happens. I think the idea of giving new life to drafts is the new shoe closet. We ain’t ever gonna wear them but on the off chance that we might, we keep em around.
Hey! I said that already! 😉
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It does. And hey, who knows? They just might come back in style.
My bad. Apologies…
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There’s always a chance, which is why they stay there. And sometimes, their use isn’t in a full out story but in a specific thought or passage. Works every bit as well.
LOL
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This is true. I dunno.about you, but some of my drafts are one word!
😊
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Yes! I have a few that are just words or loose paragraphs or sentences that I look at and go . . WTF?
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LOL! Sometimes I put a word there because it was a “word of the day” I receive by email and I think I want to use it somewhere! LOL
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I find myself doing it with my phone sometimes. I have stuff in notepad that makes no blessed sense.
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Yessiree!
How ’bout a MWAH! and a 😘 for that?
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Like a sammie, and just as tasty.
You put the
MUAH!
and the
😘
and the other
MUAH!
Boom, done.
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Mmm… we do like our sammies…
That there is a perfecto sammie!
MUAH!
😘
MWAH!
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They gotta be pressed to bring out maximum flavor.
Sho. Nuff.
See? It works every time.
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Pressed. Best that way.
Uh huh.
It does.
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Mmm Hmm.
😘
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😘
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😘
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That’s so cool that you essentially developed a relationship in just a few lines using some words and a gorgeous image. Beautifully written.
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Thank you so much, George. I am touched!
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One of my favorite words in the English language.
❤
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It is such a beautiful one!
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Tout est dans la nuance… 🙏🏻
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Oui, mon cher Brieuc!
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38 words? Dale–you’re good! Full of nuance, indeed! ~Janet
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I thank you, Janet. I admit to having had to work on this one!
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So beautifully written!
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Thank you so much!
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