A Message from Roger

WriteLane by WriteLane

Mar 31, 202322:07Arts

A reader called the newspaper: He’d found a note in an ancient Pepsi bottle behind his house. Lane DeGregory set out to find whoever wrote it. And helped make a heart-breaking connection. You can read the story here: A M...

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