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    Share what’s happened since then.

    Send your family or friends a few good questions. Everyone writes back when it suits them, with words, photos or a song. Then it all arrives together as one newsletter.

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    Flat 4B, 2014–2016 · No. 14 · Sun 11 Oct

    What surprised you this month?

    1. From MartaValencia5 Oct

      My downstairs neighbour has been leaving lemons on my doormat for three weeks. No note. I started leaving things back. We’re up to a jar of honey and a paperback, and we still haven’t spoken.

      2 photos

    2. From JonasBerlin6 Oct

      I passed my driving test at 34, on the fourth attempt. The examiner just said “right then,” which I’m choosing to take as praise. Nobody let me drive in 2015 and I now see that was correct.

    3. From PriyaMelbourne9 Oct

      I like running now. Not the running itself, more the bit after, when I buy a cardamom bun and feel I’ve earned it. Did 10k on Sunday. Spring is here, the magpies are swooping, and I’ve never moved faster.

      Running Up That Hill · Kate Bush

    Since last time

    Sam asked Hana: “Did the bees survive the move?”

    Hana Ghent

    All of them. Mostly. The queen is fine, which is what matters, and the neighbours have stopped closing their windows.

    Also writing this time: Sam, Inés, Theo, Ola, Kofi. Next questions go out Sunday 25 October.

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    1. Sun 4 Oct

      Questions go out

      Pick ready-made questions or write your own. SinceThen emails them to everyone in the circle, every week, two weeks or month.

      +1 follow-up for Hana

    2. Mon 5 – Sat 10 Oct

      Replies come in slowly

      Everyone answers when it suits them, from any phone, without installing anything. A gentle reminder goes out a day before the deadline.

      • Marta 5 Oct
      • Jonas 6 Oct
      • Priya 9 Oct

    3. Sun 11 Oct

      One newsletter arrives

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    Stories don’t stop halfway.

    Want to know how something turned out? Ask about any reply in one tap. Your follow-up goes to them with the next round of questions, and their answer opens the next newsletter.

    No. 14 · 11 Oct

    From Marta Valencia

    …We’re up to a jar of honey and a paperback, and we still haven’t spoken.

    Jonas asked: “Did you and the neighbour ever actually speak?”

    No. 15 · 1 Nov

    Since last time

    Jonas asked Marta: “Did you and the neighbour ever actually speak?”

    Marta Valencia

    We finally spoke. Her name is Carmen, and the lemons come from her sister’s tree.

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