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Paul I. V. Strong's avatar

Lovely. "My heart is the shape of..." is evocative. I use the phrase, "a fresh cut in my memory whittling stick" to describe the impact of a special experience. My wife and I live on part of a homestead occupied by her Polish immigrant grandparents in 1921 and carved out of former Yawkey Lumber Company cutover land. The vestiges of that time can be read on the land with a careful eye.

Keep writing. You have a wonderful gift.

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Callie Bates's avatar

Thank you, and thank you for sharing a little of the history of your land, too.

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