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Little Star

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5. I hear something new everyday on DU, yes I do!.....

Reply to JitterbugPerfume (Reply #3)

Sun Mar 31, 2013, 10:59 AM

Mar 2013

I had never heard of the Beat Generation so I took to google, lol.

Wiki gave me some help: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beat_Generation

I lived it but just never heard the term before. Sometimes I wonder "where have I been?"

Thanks for teaching this old gal something new.

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