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Dec 2023
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Where the Forest Murmurs, by Fiona Macle...

SHARON HANDY
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Let's set aside the commercial noise of the holidays and relax with this walk through the forest, appreciate the glories revealed by winter, and consider the turning of the year through the rhythms of life. Lovely!

 

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