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Jun 28Liked by W.D. James

I like these short vignettes, especially the last one. Have personally always felt I belonged to a different time. Nostalgia for things past dominated my growing up years.

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I know the feeling man!

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Luminous writing lighting nooks and crannies of the mostly worn out standard histories. Thanks.

As for nostalgia: those of us who experienced self-help and exploration and mutual learning ache for the loss of all that in the maw of ‘educational institutions’ today.

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Thanks Peter. The list of things lost in our ‘educational institutions’ would be long indeed.

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