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How can you find yourself if you’re uncertain where to look
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In the days between Halloween and Dia de los Muertos, where the veil between the living world and the spirits is at its thinnest, my mind has been simultaneously preoccupied by the seen and unseen. 2023 has been quite a…
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The benefits of a meaningful conversation
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I have had more conversations in the last six weeks than I’ve had in the previous six months. On the phone, over text, in Zoom rooms and Google Hangouts, on Skype and WhatsApp, and casually from a safe distance of six…
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Committed to distraction
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The gods have offered a semblance of spring for the Northeast, which feels incredible this early in the year. It should anyway, but instead, it is a carrot that I can’t quite reach. So, I’m sitting at my desk with…
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Writing on the blank page
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Pitch black at 5 AM. The last time I woke up this early it involved feeding Finn. I reach for the bedside journal, the one that used to be within arms distance, filled with chicken scratch pencil markings, the hieroglyphics…
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How to live with your eyes wide open
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Once upon a time, I lived in a deep catatonic state of consciousness. Although I don’t know the exact moment when I snapped out of it, I do know the forceful jolt inspired a quest to reclaim the only holy grail that…
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Hell no, I’m too young to be a cougar
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The stories people tell… In this case, the storyteller was a 25-year-old client service agent at the luxury resort where I am staying. He sat down to chat after I ordered lunch, to tell me about the things I should…