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And thanks. Okay. So here's the show. You're listening to Rough Translation from NPR. I'm

Gregory Warner. We're doing a little mini series of stories this month on themes that will resonate

with a holiday season. Stories about food and tradition and homecoming. Today's episode,

coming home, where you least expect it. I can't believe I'm telling you this really,

because it made me find silly people. So this is a story that Kathy Grieve does not tell a lot of

people, even her family and her closest friends. Because they were just like, oh, oh my god,

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