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The winter here in the hills of Vermont held longer than it should have. Snow stayed deep into the fields, crusted in the mornings, softening only a little by afternoon, then locking back into place by night. The woodline kept its cold. The High Wood, as my daughter named it, stood dark and still through those months, white pine heavy with snow, hemlock bowed low, maple branches stiff and waiting.…