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The California I Once Knew is Gone

By Azel Griswold

Sep 29, 2025
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The other night I dreamed about living in Southern California again.

I lived there thirty years.

I haven’t been back to California since I cried uncle and bailed three years ago, moving to hillbilly flyover country, so it was weird that the dream took place in the present day. I was happily residing in Malibu or Ventura, probably a sampling of each. My wi…

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