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She was like tumbleweed always floating around, never really landing. Crossing large distances: mountains, rivers, open spaces the whole world wide and possible. Yet through it all, she was free. Never belonging anywhere, yearning for something yet not knowing what. Perhaps what she wanted wasn’t another horizon. Perhaps: roots.
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Jan 11
Jan 11, 2026 at 5:00 AM UTC
Tumbleweed
She was like tumbleweed always floating around, never really landing. Crossing large distances: mountains, rivers, open spaces the whole world wide and possible. Yet through it all, she was free. Never belonging anywhere, yearning for something yet not knowing what. Perhaps what she wanted wasn’t another horizon. Perhaps: roots.
I saw tumbleweeds when I drove across the country and they stayed with me.
barbara-r-maxwell
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Jan 11
Jan 11, 2026 at 5:00 AM UTC
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