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“I would miss the silence. When we first came i found it too quiet, my thoughts too loud. But the silence had turned out not to be complete the valley hummed & sang & bleated. When my thoughts had been heard & argued with, & when some kind of peace had been struck, I’d begun to listen to the valley like some would listen to music or a holy chant. There was solace in its rhythm,& it slowed the beat of my heart”

The letters Ditte wrote to Esme speak to my soul. I loved “hills and lochs are not in my blood as they are in yours” made me think of all the places I’ve been. The places people I’m close to that they love. I can feel places in my blood too.