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Nick Monk: A stroll on The Mountain in summer

by Nick Monk
11 Feb 2022

Quiet places. Somewhere that you may like to go. Somewhere I like to go. But what is a quiet place? Of course, it may be a place physically devoid of sound, a vacuum of nothing. Such places are rare, and somewhat elusive. No. To me, a quiet place...



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