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#¶&£=~~,.¨ calendar and timepiece as long as you ¨.,~~=£&¶#
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&¤=»,.¨¨,, grid of nine starfields, hand drawn, ,,¨¨.,»=¤&
¤=»,,¨.,.. below which are written coordinates in ..,.¨,,»=¤
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,¨.¨¨,,,¨, reordered, some names i have never ,¨,,,¨¨.¨,
,¨,.,,¨..¨ heard. sometimes the dates are ¨..¨,,.,¨,
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