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I watched a pair of hen-hawks circling high in the sky, alternately soaring and descending [1]

April 25, 2010

As coarse as I can be on the outside, I am extremely sentimental when it comes to life milestones, and weddings almost always get to me.

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In marriage, literature, love, Massachusetts Tags Henry David Thoreau, Walt Whitman, Harvard, Walden
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