"'Listening to the Essence of Things': Musings on Life"

"'Listening to the Essence of Things': Musings on Life"

Blue Grass and Thyme

What do memories smell like?

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Tina Beattie
Sep 12, 2024
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This morning, migrating geese began arriving from the north in arrow-headed flight, their wings gilded by sunlight as they cried from the skies to warn that summer is ending.

They make me wistful for the years when I lived on a houseboat on the tidal Thames in London, where the geese were my constant companions.

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