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      <description>&lt;![CDATA[10 April 24&#xA;&#xA;...wandering forward, sometimes only by inches. But I am moving. And so is everything else. I will never truly get to pause everything and have a proper look around to get my bearings. But I can keep dropping pages like breadcrumbs as I go, and following the marks on the trunks of trees left before me, and keep chasing the sunlight I see streaming through the trees ahead.&#xA;&#xA;And that will be enough.&#xA;&#xA;journal]]&gt;</description>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[<h3 id="10-april-24" id="10-april-24">10 April 24</h3>

<p>...wandering forward, sometimes only by inches. But I am moving. And so is everything else. I will never truly get to pause everything and have a proper look around to get my bearings. But I can keep dropping pages like breadcrumbs as I go, and following the marks on the trunks of trees left before me, and keep chasing the sunlight I see streaming through the trees ahead.</p>

<p>And that will be enough.</p>

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      <pubDate>Wed, 10 Apr 2024 13:26:41 +0000</pubDate>
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