Up the winding stairway

This man is probably going home up the hill. His slightly hunched back and the folded umbrella was telling me that he, being a careful person who is always ready for disaster and who does not invite trouble into his life, after working hard for the better part of his life, is going back to his home in this small hillside village.

That moss-covered stairway somehow made me want to explore further...

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