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Jun 11·edited Jun 11Liked by Sam Lloyd

I cannot believe the timing of your essay Sam! An answer to a prayer, an answer to a feeling of being unsettled lately. Thank you. I am doing a literature course right now and it is 10 weeks long. Up until this week I have felt able to participate, make connections in the broader reading and discussions. This week I have come to a wall. It is not quite your situation where I do not have the tools available but it is more needing to sit and listen and ponder with an open mind, as you have discovered with your garden. So that is what I will do this week, feeling that it is fine and I can be curious as to why I have a wall and what that means. I am a very curious person. Having our granddaughter in our home since birth, reawakened wonder and delight in the world again. It has been 6 years now and it has been the biggest blessing. This was a great essay Sam, I am grateful.

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I am so glad you enjoyed it so very much! How are things going with your literature course? Children are so wonderful, their perspective on life is so un-ruined by the culture. It's a shame we have to rediscover the curiosity and joy that we used to have as children, but at least it is possible to find it again!

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Jun 12Liked by Sam Lloyd

I am enjoying it a lot and learning so much from the course reading and from the other participants. It is a Jane Austen online short course with Oxford Uni over 10 weeks.

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That sounds very interesting, I am a big fan of Jane Austen.

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