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\"image\"<\/a>\u00a0Some days, it helps to remember that we’re all stardust. Really — what we’re made from is cosmic. And that counts for something, surely.<\/p>\n

So when it’s 96 degrees the first days in June, and the air conditioner is busted (1st world problems…), and I forgot to pick up stuff for a dinner I’d actually enjoy, and my arthritis is killing me, and the new air conditioner is going to cost THOUSANDS we didn’t budget?<\/p>\n

Stardust. Each of us. All of us. Everything. Even the hot air I’m breathing.<\/p>\n

That’s pretty cool, when you think about it. A guaranteed chill-out for what ails me. Maybe you too.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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