The composer Aaron Copland got it right. An n spring is music for dancing. The woods dance with the colors of… — Robin Wall Kimmerer
The composer Aaron Copland got it right. An n spring is music for dancing. The woods dance with the colors of wildflowers, nodding sprays of white dogwood and the pink froth of redbuds, rushing streams and the embroidered solemnity of dark mountains.
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