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The work of a garden bears visible fruits-in a world where most of our labours seem suspiciously meaningless.

Pam Brown

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Pam Brown
Age: 76
Born: 1948
Born: January 1
Performing Artist
Poet
Writer
Seymour
Victoria
Australia
Garden
Bears
Suspiciously
Seem
Labours
Seems
Fruits
Work
Meaningless
World
Labour
Visible
Fruit

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