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Greetings from a peaceful woodland near the River Thames west of London
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TPR: The Public's Radio
(Esme Nicholson, Jakie Lay /NPR)Far-Flung Postcards is a weekly series in which NPR’s international team shares moments from their lives and work around the world.
This peaceful setting is a mature woodland in the making, tucked upriver away from the fray of the capital.
It is also a burial ground, where interred ashes fertilize the soil in which young oak and beech trees grow.
The answer is rarely short, but it strikes me how being able to return to see family is the privilege of peace, even once they’ve passed.
It is the privilege of being able to take leave of loved ones and afford them dignity.
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