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Gone but not gone, with admin approval I am now editing from a cleanstart account, free from dramaz

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A kitten for you!

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good luck with the restart :) glad you're not gone forever.

phoebe / (talk to me) 21:36, 9 July 2011 (UTC)Reply

What a cute kitten! Thank you so much, Phoebe. I am indeed enjoying being elsewhere and elsewho. betsythedevine (talk) 20:42, 12 July 2011 (UTC)Reply

Photos of scientists

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Maybe I should edit the page header to say "mostly retired," but every now and again these days I have a chance to take a photo of a scientist whose Wikipedia article does not have a good photo. So I will use this account to add such photos when I have them. betsythedevine (talk) 22:41, 12 January 2016 (UTC)Reply

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Sunday July 16, 1-5pm: New England Wiknic
 
 

You are invited to join us the "picnic anyone can edit" at John F. Kennedy Park, near Harvard Square, Cambridge, as part of the Great American Wiknic celebrations being held across the USA. Remember it's a wiki-picnic, which means potluck.

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We hope to see you there! --Phoebe (talk) 16:33, 12 July 2017 (UTC)Reply

(You can subscribe/unsubscribe from future notifications for Boston-area events by adding or removing your name from this list.) Thanks, I wish I could join you, but I'm in Sweden that day. Have a great Wicnic! betsythedevine (talk) 15:10, 14 July 2017 (UTC)Reply

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