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Jo Sundberg's avatar

Oh gosh Chloe this is just so good. Every word. Reading your writing is like coming home.

It is good to be amongst company who also talk to birds. I have wondered if I was mad at times. But then I reassure myself that I think it is madness to miss all the wonder that surrounds us, if we only just pause to notice.

I chat every day to the birds. When I am out running little fantails dart in and out alongside me, the tui calls out with her beautiful song as I pass by. It would be rude not to reply. Yesterday a quail with about 8 little "quailings" wandered across my path. "Hello" I said! "Good job mum!! " I encouraged. Sometimes birds make more sense than humans.

Everything is here in your writing - the snail, your friend you wanted to buy the Bowie print for. You gently but profoundly dip in and out of your day just like a little fantail. Touching on things, and then moving on.

Just beautiful. Sorry for the long reply. Could have probably gone on longer but didn't want to be too much of a bore... Thank you. Jo 🙏🪶

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Jeffrey Streeter's avatar

"The barometric pressure of the exquisite potentiality held within every single moment of existence—and the responsibility which that implies—could easily crush us". Wonderful writing, Chloe. Such a great post. And I loved David's comment in the cathedral.

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