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Nov 2024
38m 52s

Ship In A Bottle (Encore)

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Originally Aired: November 14th, 2022 (Season 10, Episode 24)

Our story tonight is called Ship in a Bottle, and it’s about a crate of bequests ready to be unwrapped. It’s also about the dark bark of oak trees after a storm, garden benches waiting to be sat on, and the ordinary magic of handmade things.

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