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Raised all over the Denver area, Shullamuth spent most of her early life in Denver's Globeville neighborhood. A high school teacher by day and writer by night, weekend, and summer, Shullamuth also attends a ridiculous amount of live music and tries to hike once a week.

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Caius," said Kent.
And whence do you hail?"
From Bonking, sire."
Well, yes, lad, as do we all," said Lear, "but from what town?”
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“Even a fool recognizes that there is great sadness in a bucket of tears. But only a wise man thinks to conserve water and use that bucket to wash his car.”
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