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📩 Letter #13: On commitment - by Ali Montag

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Thoughts while driving through West Texas

Dear Kate, I am writing you this letter from Alpine, Texas. Alpine is the last town to stop for gas in before reaching the empty, desert expanse of Big Bend National Park. It’s chilly here, and I’m up early. I’m eating a steaming kolache from a diner called Judy’s Bread and Breakfast. Judy sells jalapeño kolaches, hubcap-sized cinnamon rolls, any number of “Cowboy Breakfast” platters, and biscuits with gravy. I think she uses the same sweet bread dough to make all of it. When I paid for my coffee and kolache, I asked the waitress if it’s mostly tourists and campers who eat breakfast at…

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