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Platonic philosophy meets Salt Spring Island life at the intersection of imagination and reality. Handwritten. Manually curated.

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About Carol Sill

Author of Personal Papers, Editor of Shamcher Bulletin. Sufi/Platonist, Contemplative writer and editor living on Salt Spring Island, BC. Having a public journal nurtures my creative life.

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