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I was raised to feel that doing nothing was a sin. I had to learn to do nothing.

Jenny Joseph

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Jenny Joseph
Age: 85 †
Born: 1932
Born: May 7
Died: 2018
Died: January 8
Poet
Prosaist
Writer
Birmingham
West Midlands
Feels
Raised
Sin
Learn
Nothing
Feel

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