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Last night I was thinking about how much I miss my friend Toni and posted this picture of her up on Flickr (she is the redhead). I have easily known her for 10 years (possibly 11). about 5 years ago she moved to the UK. I visited her in 2001 (when the picture was taken), the last email I got from her was in 2002 or 2003.

There was never any problem with that. She was self-admittedly bad at responding. So every so often I would check her website and see if she had posted any new photography (She is part of what inspired me to pick it up). I would write a "thinking of you" email and throw it over the wire. I knew she was out there, and that she was likely getting them, and that I ranked amongst her friends; but I would be lying if I said that I didn't miss her dearly.

So imagine my surprise when I was walking down the street here in Portland and I see an attractive redhead. And is so often the case I thought "Toni," then did a double take because it actually could have been her. Too thin, I thought too myself. Then I heard her call my name and indeed that which was lost has now been found again -- And apparently living in Portland. Yay!