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Happy Holidays

Happy Holidays - Let me wish you all a peaceful holiday time and a Happy New Year! I shall resume blogging in January of 2015. In the meantime, if you feel like reading, please go and check out my e- books (English and German) SEX & SALAD, A LIFE IN 8 DAYS, 50 VISUAL IMPRESSIONS, etc. which you find under NIKA LEANDRA on Amazon. com. Should you like them, I'd very much appreciate if you could tell your friends and family. Thank you so much, and talk to you again soon. Merry Christmas! Yours sincerely, M. M.

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