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Music
- Sincerely Yours by LLLL
- Across the Other Side by Infinite Scale
- Sunset by Resavoir
- Mammoth by Golden Brown
- Unassigned by Vernon Spring
- Swimming by Explosions in the Sky
- Pure (Ride the World) by The Brendan Eder Ensemble
- Le Tunnel by Sylvain Chauveau
- Floating Away by Lullatone
Notes
- There's a ton written about Emma Rowena Gatewood but so much of it, including this story, owes a huge debt to Ben Montgomery's book, Grandma Gatewood's Walk, which excavated the story of her life with her husband. Besides that, it is wonderfully written. Totally recommend it.