mixedmedia

There's not a lot to Cassadaga, but what there is is enjoyable. It's very quiet, a very peaceful place. And they really, really, really like rocks there...oh, I'm sorry, I mean stones, uh, no I don't , I mean crystals...
(shhh, I got a funny look when I called them rocks)

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