The Lightning Jar
Every morning at seventy-eight, I sort my pills. The **vitamin** C goes in the tiny compartment of the plastic organizer, just like my mother taught me fifty years ago. She'd say, ...
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Every morning at seventy-eight, I sort my pills. The **vitamin** C goes in the tiny compartment of the plastic organizer, just like my mother taught me fifty years ago. She'd say, ...
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