My background is deep and set in deep time, and in a narrow space, oral traditions going back a long, long time, which I inherited by osmosis. (Alan Garner)

My background is deep and set in deep time, and in a narrow space, oral traditions going back a long, long time, which I inherited by osmosis.

Alan Garner

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