Outside the window of my hillside house, a full moon had set the whitewashed houses aglow and the unearthly light drew me out of my room and down to the coastal walkway for a dreamy ramble.

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The moon was out, and so it was somewhat risky for me to go around to the dining room and look in the window.

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