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txwhitedove

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17. Good day, readers. Today chasing squirrels off bird feeder and mourning

Sun Jul 12, 2026, 01:11 PM

Sunday

loss of huge oak in my backyard we finally had cut down after H.Beryl damage.

Reading The Southern Lawyer, #1 in series by Peter O'Mahoney. Good writing, guy centric, slow intro of multi characters, but midway tying together and absorbing. Stolen artwork plot interesting. "After more than twenty years away from the law, Joe Hennessy is forced back into the courtroom… Trying to save his vineyard after years of drought, Hennessy returns to practice in the city he walked away from after the murder of his ten-year-old son—Charleston, South Carolina. When one of South Carolina’s most powerful men is charged with possessing stolen artwork, Hennessy steps forward to defend him. But as Hennessy digs into the evidence, as he navigates the truth, he finds that the criminal charges are only the start of their problems…"

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