I love the grain of this wood, the gnarly knotholes rich with color, lived life, and stories. A board on my back fence. There is poetry in everything, if we take the time to look.
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- Christie
- Creative writer - Traveler - Archaeologist manque - Ardent lover of the play of light, the journeyings of time, things ephemeral and ancient
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