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Gosh how lovely. I love your quiet humility and sensitivity. So rare, so rare, so rare. The image of the night taking a lover and producing offspring is sublime. You bring the natural world to life in a way I’ve not read before. Thank you.

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Couldn’t agree more, Kate! The way the words transport you on a journey through nature — divine!

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So much grace here. You’ve pushed away the pedantic shroud by twining your knowledge and observation with poetry, with a peek into how you sort your pantry of collected images and animal behaviors and senses. Yours is a delightfully informed imagination, one I would take a walk along side of in an instant. Your words seem to hit the “paper” like watercolor pigment, stretching across the fibers to make unexpected color, allowing a kind of resonance of experience with the reader, me. I like your deep, rich brevity. It is just enough to fill me up and delight. Thanks for putting your writing out into the world!

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It's so kind of you to take the time to give some feedback and insights. I'll keep trying to bridge the gap.

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Thank you for articulating so deftly the extra sensory feelings of a sensitive and attuning nightwalker. Thank you for speaking the words I fail to find for the knowing in my bones.

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Thank you for your kindness. There must be a whole flock of us whirling around in the darkness - but we'd never recognise another if we sat next to them on the bus!

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This was fragile and beautiful. Thank you.

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The morning darkness is the time to witness. Reading this ignites creativity in me. Thank you David!

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Me too! Loved that turn of phrase!

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I loved reading this. The night come alive.

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I was clinging on to every word! Beautiful!

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Beautiful. Your writing brings forward such an exceptional glimpse into your experience of night in the natural world.

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Well met here

So wonderful to read your words again David... I have always loved your pieces . A true wordsmith.

Wonderful to connect on here after these years. I am scribbling away too these days

MezzieCrow

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Magic in words 🎉

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Blown away again by your eloquence and humility. Thank you so much for sharing. I can’t tell you how much I look forward to reading your work😍

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Beautifully put!

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I look forward to reading that childhood story

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Wonderful! Thank you so much.

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Reading this was a perfect way to start the day

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Thanks, Iole, for reading and for encouraging. The starts of days - my favourite times.

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Hello there, MezzieCrow. The world spins around and around but paths cross again :-)

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