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Michelle Berry Lane's avatar

Abbey, I finally made it back to finish this gorgeous, appropriately heart cracking and joyous piece and so glad I did. I have often held that humming word family like a lamp: humus, human, humility . . . humble—and written about it. A road map in the heart, a garden that is often passed over for the next shiny thing, a truth buried by falsehood and delusion. I love what you have done with it here.

And the Anne Hebert poem . . . 💖

Thank you

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Abbey von Gohren's avatar

Thank you for reading with such attention and joy, Michelle. I sense a kindred spirit!

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Michelle Berry Lane's avatar

✨💖

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Andrew's avatar

Good one,Abbey. That Heschel-ing especially. How much murder is rooted in forgetting it is next year in Jerusalem not three more square miles and the holy land is ours.

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Abbey von Gohren's avatar

Ouf.

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Henry Lewis's avatar

Ok, this is really really good. But I am going to have to read it about three or four more times to fully savor all the goodness wrapped in these words. And, yeah, I will have to read it again between working in the garden and getting dirty knees, Yup, I still do.

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