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Carter McKenzie's avatar

The animation of the house manifests itself in this writing-- the shifts of energy that are ancestral gifts realized through attentiveness such as yours. Thank you!

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Tom Titus's avatar

Thank you, Carter. Yes, ancestral gifts!

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ME Hope's avatar

"...a belief that wood will go on living, that it will form and be formed."

Thank you, Tom. Catching up on my reading. This is a lovely meditation.

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Valerie J Brooks's avatar

You're getting a lot of yeses from the creatures that know that place and the wood, whether it was long ago a tree they nested in or a tree they sucked bugs from. They all impart everything an impractical romantic needs, confirming both the quantum and the neuroscience nature of living.

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Shirley's avatar

Wonderful Tom! Your story reminds me of the cottage on a lake my father built - still in the family - always something to fix - but it carries the memory of him. It brought me there with all my memories. I haven’t been there in 7 years - too long. Shirley

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Tom Titus's avatar

Thanks Shirley! I'm happy to hear that cottage is still in your family, and I hope you can make it there sooner than later.

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