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in winter we learn to end

December 31st:

On the last day of the year, Sophie knocks on my door and says we’re going to Ojai. We’re going to the hot springs and we’re going to meditate and write our intentions and use the sulfur to cleanse out 2022. There are no phones and no wifi and before we go, Sophie asks if she can roll a cigarette.

She stands at my front door and takes a dee…