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Afloat invites us to image life as a person seeking asylum | Latest NW arts news

Right now, I’m looking out of my kitchen window at our magnolia tree. This tree that’s almost worth risking my marriage over because my husband would love to chop it down to bring more sun to the garden, and I have flatly refused. It’s part of the reason I loved our house, before it was our house, because for just a couple of weeks a year it is covered …