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Lisa Dearen's avatar

Happy New Year! What an amazing year of travel! The hat looks fabulous on you, what a fun surprise. Looking forward to reading more of your writing in 2024.

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Ruth Stroud's avatar

Thanks, Lisa! So very kind. All the best in 2024!🤗

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Jolene Handy's avatar

Happy New Year, Ruth, what a beautiful roundup. You look adorable in your lucky hat! Thank you for all you do, my friend! 🤗 🎊❤️

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Ruth Stroud's avatar

Thanks, Jolene! Happy New Year to you too! Looking forward to more of your culinary and literary adventures in 2024! ❤️🎉🍾

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Mark Dolan's avatar

Good luck in the new year. Will try to stay connected.

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Ruth Stroud's avatar

Thanks, Mark! I hope you do stay in touch. Wishing you the very best of everything in 2024!

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Julie B. Hughes's avatar

Love this post and all the food and adventures you shared. Thank you!

The hat suites you! I'm so happy to hear Jeff got it for you. :)

Happy New Year!

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Ruth Stroud's avatar

Thanks, Julie! Happy New Year to you and your family!

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Ruth Stroud's avatar

1. Thanks so much, Amie!

2. Everyone should have a lucky hat!

3. Happy New Year!❤️🤗🎉

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Amie McGraham's avatar

1. That pic of Jeff and your shadow in the badlands: pure GOLD!

2. I need a lucky hat.

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Vicki Smith's avatar

You are quite fetching in your new hat, Ruth! I enjoyed the round-up of past posts and your new adventures in Japan with such interesting guides. The photo of the surf is amazing!

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Ruth Stroud's avatar

Thanks, Vicki! Happy New Year to you and your family!

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Susan Kjorlien's avatar

Happy New Year to you both!

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Ruth Stroud's avatar

Thanks, Susan! Same to you, Mark, your kids and grandkids!💝

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Hoang Samuelson's avatar

Ruth, I loved ALL of your travel-related posts (even the non-travel ones) and I look forward to seeing more of it in 2024!

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Ruth Stroud's avatar

Thanks so much, Hoang! I will do my best to oblige, both with travel and non-travel-related posts—and I look forward to more stories from your busy and interesting life too! Wishing you and your family the very best in 2024! ❤️

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Sally Showalter's avatar

You have shared quite the year full of adventure, scenery and culinary delights. Let there be many more! Thank so much.

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Ruth Stroud's avatar

Thanks so much, Sally! I appreciate you as a reader and the kind comments you leave. Many happy returns in 2024!🤗

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Crowden Satz's avatar

Husband buys secretly after wife indicates it's too expensive and passes it up? Sounds familiar! This year it was a black and gold Movado Museum watch. If Lovey likes it, Lovey gets it.

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Ruth Stroud's avatar

What a nice wife you have, Crowden! Does it work the other way round? I hope so! For me this isn’t an everyday occurrence, so I was particularly touched.

Happy New Year to you both and to your family! 🎉

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Crowden Satz's avatar

Same to you and yours! And yes, she works just as hard to surprise me as I do to surprise her.

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Loren Ginsburg's avatar

Thank you for your entertaining posts throughout the year!

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Ruth Stroud's avatar

Thanks so very much, Loren! Wishing you and yours a very happy, healthy 2024!

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VIVIAN KALEV's avatar

You look absolutely adorable in the hat. Wishing you and Jeff and your entire family a very happy and healthy 2024. ❤️

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Ruth Stroud's avatar

Thanks so much, Vivian! My love to you and your family and a happy, healthy new year to you all. I hope we can find a time to get together in 2024. ❤️

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Judy Graham's avatar

What a year you had. I loved reading about all your adventures with food from wherever you went.. Looking forward to reading about your travel and food adventures in 2024.

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Ruth Stroud's avatar

Thanks, Judy! You’ve been there from the very beginning! In fact my very first post was about you!❤️

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