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Marina is a Greek writer and artist based in Normandy, France, where she breeds horses with her husband. She has been writing since childhood and has had a number of short stories published and now her debut novel, Marguerite, a Regency Romance. She also writes mysteries and a blog called “Letters from Athens”. She is an artist and a member of a local artists’ association, which holds regular workshops. In her spare time she likes to read, ride and walk the dogs (a huge ridgeback and a tiny dachshund) while mulling over tricky plot problems.

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Christmas Trees

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I seem to be in a poetic mood lately, so here’s a seasonal one by Robert Frost.

A Christmas circular letter by Robert Frost.

The city had withdrawn into itself
And left at last the country to the country;
When between whirls of snow not come to lie
And whirls of foliage not yet laid, there drove
A stranger to our yard, who looked the city,
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