Your DAILY Companion From the Almanac Editors
"Just a minute," said a voice in the weeds.
So I stood still
in the day's exquisite morning light
and so I didn't crush with my great feet
any small or unusual thing just happening to pass by.
–Mary Oliver (1835–2019)
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