Recovering My Medieval Castle

Just two days before arriving at Healing Odyssey, a women's retreat for cancer survivors https://healingodyssey.net, I excitedly retrieved my Medieval Castle from the Catalina Island barge. The poor thing had been held captive in a dusty Island storage dungeon for the past 10 years just waiting to be rescued. I eagerly awaited its restoration.



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