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With just 2 weeks left before stepping onto the Appalachian Trail it is hard not to think about the people and things I will miss while on my grand adventure. If all goes according to plan, I have had my last poker night with the boys and said goodbye to friends and family. My subscriptions are in their final days and the last of my gear/supply orders are on the way. I know the things I put in storage and new Netflix shows will be waiting for me when I’m done but so much can’t be put in stasis for 6 months. …

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Spoilers below. In the sixth episode of “Ladies of the Willow World,” we delve deeper into the portrayal of women in this narrative and their adeptness at wielding power. The central figure among them is Lady Ochiba-no-kata, renowned for her influence and high status as a consort of the late Taikō and the mother of …

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