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Emanuel
Aug 14, 2025
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I've been waking up late for a while. Symptom of staying up too late. But the dark hours of the night are cool in the summer. I would say those hours are quiet as well, but I live in the mountains of Western North Carolina. The crickets get drowned out by the cicadas, and the only things that'll drown them out are thunderstorms. I sleep best in the thun…

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