My thoughts returned to Tharmanay Kyaw Sayadaw unexpectedly tonight, yet that is often the nature of such things.

The smallest trigger can bring it back. Tonight, it was the subtle sound of pages clinging together when I reached for a weathered book kept on a shelf too close to the window. Such is the nature of humid conditions. I paused longer than necessary, separating the pages one by one, and his name simply manifested again, quiet and unbidden.There is a

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