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Doors Wide Open

Doors Wide Open

Follow the light

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Michelle Dowd
Oct 04, 2024
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woman sitting on brown surface watching at body of water
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We are all living in cages with the door wide open.

- George Lucas.

  1. There are birds you gauge your life by.

During the months my mother lay dying, I started watching birds. I would open her window to listen and when I heard a bird sound, I looked out at her feeders, and using the Merlin app, identified the birds that aligh…

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