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A HAPPY New Year Indeed!</h1>
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Posted on <time class="entry-date published updated" datetime="2015-01-01T00:10:00+00:00" itemprop="datePublished">January 1, 2015</time> by <span class="entry-author vcard" itemprop="author" itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/Person"><a class="author-link fn nickname url" href="http://austenauthors.net/author/sharon/" itemprop="url" title="View all posts by Sharon Lathan"><span class="entry-author-name" itemprop="name">Sharon Lathan</span></a></span> • <a class="entry-comments" href="http://austenauthors.net/happy-new-year-2015/#comments" title="A HAPPY New Year Indeed! – Comments">2 Comments</a></div>
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Brenda Webb Bigbeehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03381487865701911795noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9062148999367127083.post-57289565705723989602014-05-21T17:27:00.001-05:002014-09-28T14:13:55.019-05:00<em><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large;"><strong>Welcome to the new DarcyandLizzy.com front page! </strong></span></em><br />
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Brenda Webb Bigbeehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03381487865701911795noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9062148999367127083.post-13263711906795371542013-04-08T21:06:00.000-05:002013-07-01T10:54:31.837-05:00 DarcyandLizzy.Com<br />
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