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The past is able to close round certain moments, as if they were seeds, and deliver them again fresh and living in the present.

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Storm Jameson
Age: 95 †
Born: 1891
Born: January 8
Died: 1986
Died: September 30
Journalist
Novelist
Science Fiction Writer
Writer
Whitby
North Yorkshire
Margaret Storm Jameson
Margaret Ethel Storm Jameson
Close
Present
Living
Moments
Deliver
Past
Fresh
Certain
Round
Able
Rounds
Seeds

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