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New blog post by Eva Ulian – discussions in this thread, please
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When, after the August sun, the first rains fall there’s something nostalgically magical that lures you outside or look through a window in silence and be embedded with the atmosphere.​

You feel the moments of childhood crowding around you:​

when the first days of school were mingled with the anticipation of falling leaves;​

when learning and the smell of books was solace and comfort;​

when sparrows and thrushes sought refuge on your window sill;​

but most of all,​

when the sound of Christmas bells echoed from a far and distant memory.​

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