All Things Rhapsodical

All Things Rhapsodical

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Alexander Riley
Sep 16, 2022
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Sitting on the couch waiting for my daughter to dress for school, I’m watching the tree in the yard through our front window.

As I gaze at it, half-asleep, two leaves on the tree begin to move rapidly to and fro, while the rest of the tree remains utterly motionless. Two leaves. Just two leaves on an entire tree, in frantic motion, as though alive, whi…

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