Reply #1: My dear Amerigo Vespucci!

[CaliforniaPeggy]

Yes, I do have a goal line...

That pesky MFA. I intend to do everything I can to get it.

I've already made one decision, one that cost me personally. You see, I wanted to go east this fall to see some friends and also see the fall colors.

I can't do it. Why? I'll be in school, taking English 1A. It's a prerequisite for some classes I need in order to get into the MFA program.

I did have this class before, but it's been decades.

So, I'm going back to do it again, and by God, I will do it. No matter the personal cost.

The fall colors will return, and God willing, my friends will still be there, and glad to see me...

I want that degree.


I have a good friend whose motto is "Live in the moment." He is right, and I do this too.

With abandon!

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