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When you lose everything
When you lose everything, the immediate reaction is to replace. There is an urgent need to reinstate yourself, as if having your life turned upside down is only a fleeting moment of imbalance that some...
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Believing in Santa Claus
We do. We believe in Santa Claus. It’s apparent in the films that still get made, the animated ones which draw adults (even if they don’t want to admit it) as much as children. It’s apparent in the scale...
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The need to cast a wider net
When I launched this blog earlier in the year, I had just arrived in France for the summer. The previous nine months I had spent in Austria. And the two years prior to that – pretty much the entire pandemic...
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Cats and Cabanas: What I did for my summer vacation
After two months passing the time in the south of France, the final days leading up to my departure saw some unexpected behaviors. A definite uptick in alcohol consumption. Restless nights. Impatient outbursts...