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Jane Pooler's avatar

Your voice is so direct and personal, I felt for you, lost and also anxious about that ‘cocoon’, your partial deafness, reminded me exactly how I had felt when I had a temporary problem with hearing. It is the season of mists. Thank you again.

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The Writing Path's avatar

Thank you Jane - I really never thought much before about what it would be like to move about with limited hearing.

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Wendy Mewes's avatar

Thanks for this evocative piece, Alison. Getting lost is sort of freedom in itself, and on my recent pilgrimage I did not slavishly follow maps or digital data. It added an extra dimension to the experience. And our paths as writers can benefit from similar disorentation, don't you think?

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The Writing Path's avatar

Absolutely Wendy - it’s all about surrendering a bit of control sometimes, and edging round possible peril!

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