When someone calls a place "God's Country", they tend to mean peaceful places that are away from the city. Areas of untouched beauty which create a greater sense of connection. Celtic lore speaks of "thin places". Places where the distance between Heaven and Earth is less, and it is easy to encounter the sacred. The mountains and forests of New England …
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