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Imagine taking a canoe trip with seven others in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge wearing bespoke voyageur sashes! A summer vacation like no other!
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Imagine taking a canoe trip with seven others in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge wearing bespoke voyageur sashes! A summer vacation like no other!
Season 6, Episode 1: A fanatical weaver, Linda Ligon started a newsletter at her dining room table with an electric typewriter. Decades later, she's still in love with words on paper.
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