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Wonderful read! I would love to see what your terrier looks like! (I have a Border Terrier-ist of my own haha!) And, had to look up "fossick" and in future, will use as much as possible ...

Thank you and cheers xo

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So much to appreciate in this piece, Prue. Loved the flow of thought, the attention to detail, waves of experience moving in an out. Always ready to sample a new word, and 'sonder' is delicious as is Mike's Substack. Finally, thank you for sharing Chicken Scratch! What a delightful surprise. As a lifelong shell seeker, I share your love of discovery.

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There is such beauty in this post, Prue - the lovely Elizabeth at Chicken Scratch has just sent me a link to it, and I'm so glad I did - the post is from before I subscribed to your Stack, so it's been great to catch up on it.

I know the word 'sonder' as part of 'sonderbar' in German, which means 'curious', 'different' or 'singular'. I absolutely LOVE the definition from 'The Dictionary of Obscure Sorrows' - there is certainly a relationship in there, don't you think?

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