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Monique SliedrechtFeb 8, 20232 minNew Life in New MexicoIn the late 1990s I found myself in an incredible new environment, one that was completely foreign, strange and marvellous. I became a...
Monique SliedrechtFeb 7, 20232 minMagneticThe new morning brought a pause in the wind, a stillness over the land and sea. Moonlight streamed through the windows and when I looked...
Monique SliedrechtFeb 2, 20234 minThe Coming of the LightStormy Sky... by Joan Eardley, 1962 The wind has been blowing a gale. I heard it whip around the house in the wee hours of the morning...