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Sea of Reeds 2<\/a> (credit: Valentin Hintikka, license: CC BY-SA)<\/p><\/div>\n

All I asked was to see clearly. I washed my shins in the sea of reeds. From the other side, these symplegades don’t look too menacing. I hope more will risk their passage.<\/p>\n

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This short piece was first published on my Facebook page 18 April 2011<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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