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NOVEMBER 29
I think that perhaps the sour seed I ate about an hour before [[strikethrough]] leavin [[/strikethrough]] sailing had something to do with the smooth trip. [[strikethrough]] But today in [[/strikethrough]] The boat docked at 6 am and we hired a car [[strikethrough]] to [[/strikethrough]] home. I was feeling swell, but in the afternoon, all was not well [[strikethrough]] to [[/strikethrough]] until about 4. I spent the whole evening unpacking and writing this stuff.

NOVEMBER 30
Dec. 11-
My first (I might say) real burst of genuine writing has come. You should see (or read) the stuff I'm writing. My story "Chrysanthemums," which I wrote out of true inspiration, was received very favorably by