Nature offers some of the world's purest and simplest joys. While the city has its charms, nothing compares to the beauty of a tall tree, the sweet smell of flowers, or the feeling of a fresh ...

And while Maine’s coast is not how Gilbert remembers it from his youth, “It’s natural beauty remains,” he said, “just as the illness ravaged my mother, but her natural beauty remained.” ...

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