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Trees are great. Don't get me started about how clever they are, how oxygen-generous, how time-formed in inner cyclic circles, how they provide homes for myriad creatures, how - back when this country was covered in forests - the word for sky was an Old English word that meant 'tops of trees.'

Topics: About Back Circles Clever Country Covered Creatures English Forests Get Great Homes How Inner Me Meant Myriad Old Provide Sky Started Tops Trees Word

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Nationality: Scottish

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