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Purple Flower Moments
Joanna: Yesterday, a small purple flower popped up in my favorite ...

Sebastian: I am reading on the couch, waiting for the raspberry ...

Alicia Taylor: The Kenwood House Gardens: London, England

London's light breeze
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katie scott: the most looked at thing in history....

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List of people who have been personally thanked.

Erica England--Melbourne, FL
Deanna Minkler--Chicago
Megh--Boston
Tara Adams--
Erica--Cedar Rapids
Alexia Altshule--San Gabriel, CA
Jan Crane--Midvale
Jenny Miller--Calgary, Alberta, Canada
Caryl St. Clair--Milwaukee, WI
liz the high school sophomore--la la land
Tami--Berkeley, CA
Kelly Love Johnson--Charleston, SC
Jan Clifford--South Pasadena, CA
Gina--Eldersburg
Lisa Porter-Burt--Chantilly, VA
Naomi Mahoney--San Fransisco
Helena Bowman--Dry Creek Valley near Healdsburg CA
Kristin Rotondo--Glenside, PA
Robyn Moss--Fairfax, CA
Lisa--Battle Creek, MI
Valerie Morby--Tyler, TX
Regina Wolper--Gainesville, FL
Deanna Dinielli--Ft. Lauderdale, Florida
J Monaghan--Wolverhampton, UK
Marianne--14
Kimberly Koranda--Clarendon Hills, IL
Susan Welsh--
Adelle Subias--Bellflower, CA
Shannon--Massachusetts
Alyssa Rizzini--Riverside
Beth Dickinson--Carlsbad, CA
Meredith--Lighthouse Point, FL
Aina Cecilia--Lund, Sweden
Gene--Alameda
Sally--Merry ol' England
Leslie-Anne D. DeLair--Newberg, Oregon
Ron Williams--Downers Grove & Three Lks/WI
Hannah Pritchett--Semarang, Indonesia
TyAnna Powell--Salt Lake City
Monica--Austin, Texas

Jim--Oakland
Annie Cutler--Portland, Maine
Mellena--Clarkston
Sherman Alexie--Seattle
Michael--

Jody--Philadelphia
Nicholas Baker--Chicago
Sylvia Stockard--Charlotte, NC
Haley Schultheis--Evansville, Indiana
Hadley Scott--Haiku, Maui
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Lost and Found
The Chicago, Boston and San Francisco installments of the Lost and Found Project are now complete. 150 books were "intentionally left" around each city by a team of 20 friends/Book Hiding Specialists. They left them in places like the freezer at grocery store, shelf at Blockbuster, in the arms of a statue. Quite a few people wrote in to share their (often serendipitous) story of where & when they found the book. Filmmaker Steve Delahoyde documented the hiding of the first batch of Chicago books in this two-minute short film.
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