Hello, dreamers, and welcome back to the show.

This is the 302nd episode of California Dreaming,

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email, CaliforniaPod at gmail.com. Today, I have some thank yous to shout out, but for whatever

reason, this little group, most of them seem to have opted out of receiving mail from the show,

so I don't have all of your locations or I didn't make note of it when I

jotted your names down but either way I would like to thank Ann B in Maine Chris P

Marianne O. Alexandria P. Melanie B. Sherry N. Lauren C. Alyssa Elizabeth A

Diana S. Alexandria C. and Emily W. in California.

I didn't write it down, but is it La Mesa?

someplace San Diego adjacent.

She's one of the admins of our group, Emily W.

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