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How is your summer? Talk looks empty, thanks for tea and music. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 17:11, 15 June 2022 (UTC)
- Hi Gerda. Talk looks empty because I don't do much on Wikipedia these days. Age and health issues catching up with me. I don't seem to have the energy or motivation to do much these days; and there's often so many other things to be done which take priority with what energy I do have! SilkTork (talk) 01:28, 16 June 2022 (UTC)
- Best wishes for where you think! --Gerda Arendt (talk) 06:32, 16 June 2022 (UTC)