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I Speak for the Fish: Mesmerized by minnows

by Kathy Johnson, Great Lakes Now September 18, 2023November 8, 2025

Dazzling metallic flashes radiated around me with each twist and turn of their slender bodies. I was completely immobilized and mesmerized by the splendor.  

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