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Read-Aloud: The river of time

In which the Tangled Path goes audio!

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Callie Bates
May 05, 2023
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This week we’ve got a little something different—a read-aloud of a past post! With harp music. Or at least, some energetic glissandos. Click below to listen.

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0:00 - Introduction
1:53 - Read-aloud begins!
10:02 - A note about paid subscriptions

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The river of time

Callie Bates
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January 27, 2023
The river of time

Have you ever misremembered a quote? Not merely scrambled the words, but actually invented a quote that doesn’t exist? I confidently went to pick up a quote for this post from Mary Renault’s book The Charioteer, which I read when I was about 15. It’s not there.

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