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Jan 2025
36m 32s

Quiet Winter Kindness

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About this episode

Our stories today are about some of the joys of mid-winter. We’ll start by layering up the

bed to keep the chill out in The Winter Quilt. Then we’ll step out into the fresh air and listen to

some birdsong as icicles drip in Winter Views. Finally we’ll let one good turn lead to another in a

story about snowy sidewalks and grocery sacks called Pass It On.


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