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Goose was the traditional meat served on Women's Christmas. Some women hold parties or go out to celebrate the day with their friends, sisters, mothers and aunts. As a result, parties of women and girls are common in bars and restaurants on this night. 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My collage to celebrate President Barak Obama’s Inauguration Day —January 20, 2009! I am remembering this happiest of days! I am also remembering the words of Martin Luther King, Jr. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5eb0a9549bd9760ab1c9fce7/1601046604932-XYV24MXB520CVEPYQI36/MLKArcTowardJustice.png Blog - Of Arcs and Arks: Take Heart! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5eb0a9549bd9760ab1c9fce7/1601046392292-3Q2TEHAHQCSIPNP4818P/IMG_2910.JPG Blog - Of Arcs and Arks: Take Heart! to save us from this flood of Trump tyranny, so we can see the rainbow soon! https://www.myfriendpleasure.org/carolyns-blog/976h33wktj4fpb996hb2w4dgtb44p7 monthly 0.5 2021-04-03 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5eb0a9549bd9760ab1c9fce7/1600251613162-ZWAKO085QJT1T7USJOFU/Mercury1974Mariner10.jpg Blog - 1981 Scientific Breakthrough! First Pictures of Mars? Saturn? Mercury? https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5eb0a9549bd9760ab1c9fce7/1600203834377-D1SG7NY7EJ0UCDTT4KG7/fullsizeoutput_21b0.jpeg Blog - 1981 Scientific Breakthrough! First Pictures of Mars? Saturn? Mercury? 1981 Drawings of the Vulva with Clitoris https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5eb0a9549bd9760ab1c9fce7/1600203424640-JEIFXGJHKMSBQKE5IO45/Mars1965Color.jpg Blog - 1981 Scientific Breakthrough! First Pictures of Mars? Saturn? Mercury? The first photos of the surface of Mars were captured in July 1965 by Mariner 4. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5eb0a9549bd9760ab1c9fce7/1600680147474-Q8FX45DH7LOPG7N7IQUH/Saturn1979Pioneer.jpg Blog - 1981 Scientific Breakthrough! First Pictures of Mars? Saturn? Mercury? The first photos of Saturn were taken in September 1979 in a flyby by Pioneer 11. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5eb0a9549bd9760ab1c9fce7/1600204496401-D00GMLSG6GJ1Z4209M2L/Mercury1974Mariner10.jpg Blog - 1981 Scientific Breakthrough! 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Was I trying to find my proper place in the world? Or, keep myself in my place? 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