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The Tortoise by Brooke McAlary

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In a world made for hares, spend time feeding your inner tortoise. Created by author Brooke McAlary (Slow, Care and Destination Simple) The Tortoise is an online community where we explore and experiment with all things slow.

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About Brooke McAlary

I love words. Reading them, writing them, listening to them and playing around with them. So it's a fortunate thing I became an author and podcaster, because there's really no other job I feel qualified to do.

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