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A snow day literally and figuratively falls from the sky, unbidden, and seems like a thing of wonder.

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Susan Orlean
Age: 69
Born: 1955
Born: October 31
Journalist
Writer
Cleveland
Ohio
Thing
Figuratively
Like
Falls
Literally
Snow
Sky
Wonder
Fall
Seems
Unbidden

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