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Jul 2023
34m 30s

The Boathouse

Wellness Loud
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Our story tonight is called The Boathouse and it’s a story about an escape down to the end of the dock on a hot day. It’s also about a drawer full of old maps with dotted lines to mark journeys taken, the scent of lavender on your skin, and enjoying the pockets of ordinary magic wherever they can be found. This week we are giving to Ferst Readers (ferstread ... Show More
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