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August Song

The crickets began to warm up their voices precisely on August 1st. Over the next two weeks, they gradually added one voice after another until they reached full choir at mid-August. Now, even though the nighttime temperatures are cool, we can’t bear to shut the windows. Instead, we push the bed underneath the windows, pull up a comforter, and lie watching the stars as we listen to each night’s performance and drift off to sleep. We are so blessed…

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