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one can also trek down to the little Aglar river and then up to Nag Tibba, 9,000 ft, which has good oak forests and animals ranging from barking-deer to Himalayan bear; but this is an arduous trek and you must be prepared to spend the night
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“All that remains now is, as the Portuguese say, ‘saudade’ – presence of an absence.”
― Those Delicious Letters
― Those Delicious Letters
“hiraeth’ for a home”
― Those Delicious Letters
― Those Delicious Letters
“I still practise her remedy for hiccups – slowly drinking a glass of cold water with a couple of spoons of sugar stirred in. This, incidentally, is a much pleasanter way of overcoming hiccups than by choking yourself out of breath.”
― Home in the World: A Memoir
― Home in the World: A Memoir
“As Epictetus wrote almost two thousand years ago: ‘For because a man is alone, he is not for that reason also solitary; just as though a man is among numbers, he is not therefore not solitary.”
― The Lonely City: Adventures in the Art of Being Alone
― The Lonely City: Adventures in the Art of Being Alone
“I gently pick up the letter and run my fingers around its edges. I then hold it close to my nose and sniff lightly. It smells of coffee and stale flowers.”
― Those Delicious Letters
― Those Delicious Letters
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