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Belated happy birthday to the one and only William Burroughs !! William and you in one room ! WOW!!

Thank you as always ..

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Hey Patti, and a late happy birthday to Burroghs!

Just wanted to thank you for recommending Alchemy of Souls. I am watching it because of your raving reviews and I am loving it! 100 days may prince is so cute! Have you seen Rookie Historian? I think you will like it!

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HBWSBURROUGHS!!!🎂

Loved your shared memory. Thank you! Your posts are such a delight to watch and read...best subscription I have! 😊

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When I was a child, I was chasing the boy next door and ran straight into a tree and broke my glasses in half. I came inside, balanced the glasses on my face and hoped my mother wouldn’t notice (seriously!) she laughed so hard that I got mad. I’m not sure what the lesson was in that, not to chase boys, watch out for trees or never to forget the sound of my mothers laugh.

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Sorry Patti, not 'Patyi' ..Oh I can't believe I just did that because I was texting without wearing my glasses....!!

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Hi Patyi, when you mentioned your father taping up his glasses..it reminded me of the time my dad dtopped his glasses into a tin of grey paint...he cleaned the paint of with white spirit begore taking them back to the opticians...the worst thing is they were on loan from the opticians ehile his own pair of specs were being repaired...it took a bit of explaining as to why the borrowed pair smelled of paing thinner!!! Happy days... X

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The revenge of Dr. Possum! Happy Birthday Mr. Burroughs, and thank you for sharing this memory. My grandfather used say "every new language learned is like a whole new diploma". And then I think of poetry and music and again I believe that s the universal language even when I don t get all the words.

Good luck with your glasses!

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Hi Patti,

I have watched all of the dramas you mentioned! I am now rewatching one of them.

Love the Queen’s outfit in “Under the Queen’s Umbrella “!

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Love your stories. :) Meeting your heroes is one thing, but becoming friends and mentors is a new level. So far the books I've been lucky enough to have published have been in the U.S. and UK. But nothing yet in, say, Italian... which I would just be over the moon about. Someday. Picking up your Book of Days tomorrow!

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What a beautiful story. Thank you.

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Hi Patti,

I wish you luck with your glasses. I picked up the Book of Days at your Philadelphia Library visit. My sister, wife and I made a New Year's resolution to use your photos as daily inspiration for meditation and creative writing. The dedicated creative process makes our days more fulfilling. Thanks so much for all your creation and what you share with us.

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I can't wait to have the French version of your book dear Patti.

Happy birthday to your mentor William Burroughs.

When I see you, I would like to tell you how much I love you, but words don't necessarily reflect my love.

Love you Patti 💙☕️❤️

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Thank you all for your fun comments and glasses support. I have new ones this very second. Also I am so pleased that some of you like my recommendations for books and tv series. I will never steer you wrong.

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I noted that Burroughs has the same voice as Uncle Wiggly. Interesting, Patti!

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Happy birthday William Burroughs. My experience as a lifelong glasses wearer is to always have a spare pair, I go to specsaver where you can get a second pair half price, don’t know if it’s same in America☺️❤️ as a child I had separate reading & distance glasses, if there was a lesson I disliked in school I used to ‘forget’ my reading glasses. They soon cottoned on to me though.🤣 Thank you as always Patti for sharing with us, hope you get new glasses very soon.

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Uncle Wiggily is still stuck in the tree stump and your glasses are broken ! Not a great start to the week but I have a feeling it’s all going to be fine ! Thank you for your very welcome visit !

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