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On This Day

23rd September 2022

On this day it is raining but the earth is full of promise, full of life. The sky weeps for the end of summer but the call of autumn returns. The promise of new beginnings hang in the air, like raindrops, paused in action. The new season soon begins.

Angie Petherick

Scotland's Stories Now

This story was submitted as part of Scotland's Stories Now, a mass participatory project that sees people of all ages and from all backgrounds creating and telling stories about Scotland today. #YS2022 #TalesOfScotland

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