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.cards{display:grid;gap:10px;max-width:520px;margin:20px auto}.cards a{color:#f5d88f;text-decoration:none;border:1px solid #6d552a;border-radius:10px;padding:15px;background:#12161c}
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    display:block;
    margin:0 auto 24px;
    color:#c9aa68;
    font:600 .72rem/1.4 Arial,sans-serif;
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.rambling-body{font-size:1.2rem;line-height:1.8;overflow-wrap:anywhere}.rambling-body img{display:block;max-width:100%;height:auto;margin:24px auto}.archive-source{border-top:1px solid #635032;padding-top:24px;margin-top:40px;font: .95rem/1.7 Arial,sans-serif!important;color:#c8bda9}.archive-source a,.rambling-index a{color:#e9bc64;text-underline-offset:5px}.reading-nav{display:flex;gap:24px;justify-content:space-between}.reading-nav a{max-width:48%}.archive-year{margin-top:56px}.archive-year h2{font-size:2rem;color:#e9bc64}.archive-year h2 span{font:1rem Arial,sans-serif;color:#c8bda9}.rambling-index{list-style:none;padding:0;margin:0}.rambling-index li{border-top:1px solid #493e2c;padding:22px 0}.rambling-index time{display:block;font:.85rem/1.5 Arial,sans-serif;color:#c8bda9;margin-bottom:8px}.rambling-index a{font-size:1.35rem;line-height:1.4}.start-reading{display:inline-block;border:1px solid #8c7040;border-radius:5px;padding:12px 18px;text-decoration:none} @media(max-width:760px){.rambling-body{font-size:1.125rem}.reading-nav{flex-direction:column}.reading-nav a{max-width:100%}}

/* V6: shared wayfinding, room for photographs, and an expandable life timeline. */
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.skip-link{position:absolute;left:16px;top:-100px;background:#f7ecd3;color:#090b0e;padding:12px 18px;z-index:10}.skip-link:focus{top:12px}
.site-header{max-width:1120px;margin:auto;padding:25px 28px 20px;border-bottom:1px solid #493e2c}.wordmark{font:700 .9rem/1.5 Arial,sans-serif;letter-spacing:.08em;text-decoration:none;display:inline-block}.wordmark span{color:#c8bda9;font-size:.72rem;margin-left:8px}
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.story-header .deck{font-size:1.2rem;line-height:1.7;color:#d8cbb3;margin:24px 0 0}.story-header h1{max-width:750px}.story-header{margin-top:44px}.story-page article{max-width:none}.story-page article>p,.story-page article>h2,.story-page article>blockquote{max-width:720px}
.story-photo{margin:36px 0;max-width:720px}.story-photo img{display:block;width:100%;height:auto;border:1px solid #635032;border-radius:4px}.story-photo.portrait{max-width:480px}.story-photo figcaption{font:.95rem/1.6 Arial,sans-serif;color:#c8bda9;margin-top:12px;max-width:680px}
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.memory-note{border-left:3px solid #8c7040;padding:16px 20px;background:#171a1e;font:1rem/1.7 Arial,sans-serif;color:#d5c8b1;margin:30px 0}.chapter-section{border-top:1px solid #635032;margin-top:52px;padding-top:12px}.milestones{padding-left:24px}.milestones li{padding:0 0 22px 8px;font-size:1.1rem;line-height:1.7}.milestones strong{color:#e9bc64;display:block}.origin-note{margin:36px 0;border:1px solid #635032;border-radius:7px;padding:22px}.origin-note summary{cursor:pointer;color:#e9bc64;font:1rem/1.6 Arial,sans-serif}.origin-note .origin-copy{padding-top:28px}.credit-lines{font:1.05rem/1.8 Arial,sans-serif;margin:24px 0}.credit-lines dt{color:#c8ad76;float:left;clear:left;min-width:110px}.credit-lines dd{margin-left:120px}.statement{font-size:1.6rem!important;color:#e9bc64;line-height:1.5!important}
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