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Yesterday: sun-lounger, back garden, cup of tea, radio on.
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What period or moment in your life brought you the most joy?Originally asked
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As a boy in a tree.
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A couple of summers ago, walking through a forest illuminated by fireflies, with my man and our dogs.
At the altar all seven times.
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