Into the Deep Woods

Into the Deep Woods

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Following the arc of dawn

James Roberts
Jan 11, 2024
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It starts and ends with seabirds, with the first faint wash of rose-tinted light touching their feathers. There are crested auklets perched on lava flows and sea cliffs. They are here in their millions. The sounds they make, as their milk-pale eyes open, creak and grate, as if overnight the salt winds have penetrated their workings. In amongst them are …

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