You are listening to a Clarks World magazine podcast with your host and narrator, Kate Baker.

Greetings, Clarks World citizens, and welcome to the new year.

I want to apologize for the delay in getting you the podcasts.

My microphone was not working.

I had to get a new one, and Neil and I have been doing some quality control tests to try

to see if we can get a really good sound on the podcast, so I appreciate your ongoing

patience and support.

And as always, thank you for your ongoing support of the magazine, whether this is your

first podcast, welcome in.

Hello, I hope you'll stay a while.

Or it's over 800 at this point.

Thank you.

Thank you for coming along for the ride.

You can also visit us over at patreon.com for slash Clarks World to see how you can help

support the magazine financially if you should so choose.

We depend on our donations, subscriptions, and word of mouth.

So thank you if you've done any of those for us in the past.

So our story for the first of this particular year is called symbiosis,

and is by D.A. Jowlin Spires.

D.A. Jowlin Spires can be found at the website, D.A. JowlinSpires.wordpress.com.

She steps into portals and reappears in sites such as Hawaii, New York, various parts of Asia

and elsewhere, with her keyboard appendage attached. Her work appears in publications such as

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