Whew! I made it with just a few days left in the year to spare. For a second there I was afraid I might not make it. My final challenge o...

Once, words had rendered Liesel useless, but now, when she sat on the floor, with the mayor’s wife at her husband’s desk, she felt an innate...

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( Note: The following post is extra long. I crammed my challenge lists into one post. Sorry.) Challenge - A test of one's abilities ...