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through Gualala on interstate highway 1</image:title><image:caption>Gualala, CA, USA. 2023-05-15. 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husband’s favorite bass player and buddy, Joe Lev, playing during the celebration of my husband’s life in music at the Torch Club, 23 September 2022. 
50 mm, F/1.8, 1/640s, ISO 8,000. Dark bar with neon lights. 
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