"Fog lifts in the valley, rising as mist through the bare-limbed...

"Fog lifts in the valley, rising as mist through the bare-limbed trees. Far below lies the deeping combe with our village in the heart of it.

My whole world for nearly a decade has been contained in that place—and now the village of Duns looks so small. I hold up my hand, form a circle with my fingers. The distant village, wreathed in mist, seems a child’s plaything that I can hold in my own hand.”

— from the novel SINFUL FOLK

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PHOTO: ryan voetsch