Winter is a strange place. Each year it takes me by surprise. At the end of the gardening season I'm usually tired and sun-soaked (though last year we were just soaked), and I think, how nice and cozy these dark…
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Laura Meyer (AKA Cygne) is a writer and musician living in Vermont. She has thirteen albums of music, loves plants, and teaches yoga and meditation in Chittenden County and online.
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