Jem

Please Throw Your TV Set Away

Door witha message, Loveland, CO. Iphone 12 Pro with iColorama app

So please, oh please, we beg,

we pray, go throw your TV set

away, and in its place you can

install, a lovely bookshelf on the

wall.

And above all, watch with

glittering eyes the whole world

around you because the greatest

secrets are always hidden in the

most unlikely places.

—Ronald Dahl

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  • Frighten Me Into The Present
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  • Nothing is Predestined.
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