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 -\documentclass{letter}
 -\usepackage[margin=0.5in]{geometry}
 -\usepackage{multicol}
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 -% text
 -\usepackage[utf8]{inputenc}
 -\renewcommand{\familydefault}{\sfdefault}
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 -% graphics
 -\usepackage{graphicx}
 -\usepackage{wrapfig}
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 -% signature environment
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 - {\begin{list}{}%
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 -\begin{document}
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 -\pagenumbering{gobble}
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 -\large{\textbf{Winter Solstice Greetings \hfill 2017}}
 -
 -\begingroup
 -\setlength{\intextsep}{0pt}%
 -\setlength{\columnsep}{10pt}%
 -
 -Hello to all my friends and family.  %
 -I hope that you are feeling peaceful, cozy, and happy in these winter months.  %
 -As I write this letter, the ice fishing season has begun in Madison.  %
 -Brave individuals have taken to the lake near my apartment to test their luck.  %
 -
 -\begin{wrapfigure}{r}{0.45\textwidth}
 -  \begin{center}
 -    \includegraphics[width=0.4\textwidth]{"IMG_20170820_120702"}
 -  \end{center}
 -\end{wrapfigure}
 -
 -I'm now in the middle of my 7th year of graduate school.  %
 -Time flies, and I'm begrudgingly trying to wrap up this phase of my life.  %
 -Not sure what comes  next.
 -
 -My good friend Tyler graduated this spring.  %
 -I am happy to see him move on to better things, but sad that we are no longer living in the same
 -place.  %
 -Perhaps life will bring us together again at a later date.  %
 -In celebration, Tyler and I took a short vacation together.  %
 -We camped at beautiful Wyalusing State Park---Tyler's first camping experience!  %
 -The midwestern summer rains caught us, but we had fun despite the weather.  %
 -We also visited House on the Rock and New Glarus Brewery.  %
 -
 -On August 21st of this year a total solar eclipse crossed much of the Continental US.  %
 -My parents and I took this as an opportunity for family vacation.  %
 -We visited the Land Between the Lakes National Recreation Area, at the intersection of Kentucky and
 -Tennessee.  %
 -After a bit of stress, we ended up finding a nice waterside campsite (right).  %
 -The very large lakes were too large for our small Alumacraft, so we did not get much fishing
 -done.  %
 -I did get lots of reading done, and the time spent away was nice.  %
 -The eclipse itself was pretty magical.  %
 -The family (including Karaby) put on our swimsuits and waded into the lake to watch.  %
 -
 -\begin{wrapfigure}{l}{0.45\textwidth}
 -  \begin{center}
 -    \includegraphics[width=0.4\textwidth]{"DSC_0043"}
 -  \end{center}
 -\end{wrapfigure}
 -
 -In early October I traveled to beautiful Arcata to visit my good friend Claire
 -and her husband, Ralph.  %
 -Claire and Ralph have a wonderful home on a gravel road nestled among impossibly tall redwood
 -trees.  %
 -I enjoyed exploring Arcata and the nearby town of Eureka.  %
 -Humboldt State, where Claire works, has interesting California architecture---one of Claire's
 -colleagues has an office with only outdoor entrance!  %
 -The local Ma-Le'l dunes (left) were interesting---very windy with alien landscape and flora.  %
 -Making pasties and horchata, and enjoying Claire's famous pie, were the highlights of the trip for
 -me.  %
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 -\raggedleft
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 -Stay in touch---note new address. \hfill Blaise Jonathan Thompson \\*
 -\hspace{0pt} \\
 -725 W Washington Ave. Apt 306 \\*
 -Madison, Wisconsin 53715 \\*
 -\hspace{0pt} \\
 -1-424-225-2493 \\*
 -blaise@untzag.com \\*
 -http://blaise.social
 -
 -\end{document}
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