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Years ago, I was crashed in gram’s garden and Big asked me what I was doing. I told him I was looking up at the sky. He said, “That’s a misconception, Lennie, the sky is everywhere, it begins at your feet.
Jandy Nelson
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Jandy Nelson
Age: 58
Born: 1965
Born: November 25
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