Here's to the well travelled
I spent most of my life treating my nature as a weakness. A table in Rio showed me it was a product.
Making of a Maker
This is for the makers in the fence, and the makers in the trenches. This is my personal story, as I walk the path. I hope this inspires you to start, or to keep it going.
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