Into the Deep Woods

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Reflections on a Screen

Coming back to life on the river

James Roberts
Jan 11, 2024
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This morning I woke up and opened the shutters to be greeted by a mother mallard scurrying her newborn chicks between the narrowboats, tiny stripes of frantic fluff bobbing over the ripples. The Canada geese appeared along the wall next to the lock-keepers cottage, 100 of them at least. They took turns to peer down at the metre drop to the river, hesita…

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