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Share a photo of an old friend who you haven't seen in long time & write them a letter.

and seal with a kiss.

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Eirik Johnsen

A prolific photographer & poet from Norway.

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Cowbird is a public library of human experience, offering a simple set of storytelling tools — for free, and without ads. 53,085 authors from 185 countries have told 83,736 stories on 28,081 topics. We invite you to join us and contribute your stories.

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Bob

A story by Daniel C with 212 loves

Seeds

59 seeds

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What did Grace Lee Boggs teach you?

A seed with 2 sprouts

Topics

28,081 topics

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Outsider

A topic with 208 stories

Places

4,103 cities

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Peoria

Illinois, USA

Dates

145 years

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1992

A year with 45 stories

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Roles

2,757 roles

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Actress

A role with 28 people

Collections

801 collections

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Travel

A collection by Cowbird

Loves

891,991 loves

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Back to Nature

G.Valentina loved Back to Nature by Richard Keeling

Sprouts

11,314 sprouts

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Bolling History

Heidi Paxson sprouted this story from Tell a story about an ancestor. — a seed planted by Schuyler Swenson

Dedications

5,735 dedications

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Moving On To Something Better

Blue dedicated this story to Jadeñ Gray

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