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HO HO HO, Christmas stamps for 2024 are here.

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You can usually find me lurking on Bluesky along with a large number of great stamp lovers. 

Just look for Catpaw!

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Diversity is a strength.

For everyone hanging in there with me.

I want to thank everyone who has dropped me a note and still visited the site, despite the lack of fun content. It's been a bit of a hard slog on this end and the double vision really makes things a bit rough. However, it looks like a diagnosis is on the horizon which means treatment. 

In the meantime, I'm going to try and write. If I get things a little wonky, just sigh with me. Its hard to take life seriously when everything is blurry and doubled. 

Thank you. Thank you so much. 
Catpaw

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