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Don't shake my tree

Shaun Usher
Jan 5, 2021
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A few reminders on this dreary Tuesday that very often, less is more x


Dear Mrs. White,

If you don’t like my peaches, don’t shake my tree.

Sincerely,

Shirley Jackson

Shirley Jackson | Letter to a disappointed reader | 24 July 1953


Dear Mr. Dionne:

What the fuck are you talking about?

Yours truly,

Jim Henson

Jim Henson | Letter to an angry, rambling viewer of The Cube | 13 March 1969


Dear “Dr.” Fields:

My response to your letter of February 19, 1976, is—kiss my ass.

Sincerely,

BILL BAXLEY

Attorney General

Bill Baxley | Letter to a white supremacist | 28 February, 1976



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