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A Belated Love Letter to April
Seven Aprils ago, my first son was born.
May 14, 2022
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A Belated Love Letter to April
A Love Letter to Bathing in the Dark
We live in overstimulated times, walking blindly through life staring at screens and using every moment of downtime to catch up on unending content.
Jan 26, 2022
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A Love Letter to Bathing in the Dark
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Starting Over
A new year's promise
Jan 1
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Starting Over
A Love Letter to Stepping Outside.
Last night, while my sons lay safe and warm against me, listening to their bedtime story, children their age in Mariupol listened, frozen and terrified…
Mar 11, 2022
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A Love Letter to Stepping Outside.
A Love Letter to Home
It’s the beginning of March, and London is a dozen shades of grey fading into a sodden sky.
Mar 2, 2022
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A Love Letter to the First Signs of Spring
February is the cruellest month - the new year is long gone, taking resolution and enthusiasm with it.
Feb 23, 2022
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A Love Letter to Motels
There's no place like home, but there's no place like a motel either.
Feb 16, 2022
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A Love Letter to Citrus Fruits
Sometimes, winter feels like a film shot on pale, desaturated stock.
Feb 2, 2022
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A Love Letter to the Desert
In Baja California, I stumbled sleepily from an overnight bus as the sun rose over my first desert, silver in the morning light and white hot within the…
Jan 20, 2022
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A Love Letter to the Desert
A Love Letter to the River
There’s a moment as you cross the Strand, waiting in the scrum of tourists and city workers as buses, taxis and bikes flow by, where, if you look up…
Mar 25, 2022
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A Love Letter to the River
A Love Letter to the First Bright Mornings
When I wake on endless rat-grey London mornings with only the feeblest excuse for light leaking through the gap in the curtains, nothing feels worth…
Apr 21, 2023
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A Love Letter to the First Bright Mornings
A Love Letter to My Bed
All summer I’m restless, looking for excuses to leave the house long into the evening. Then October comes, the sky seems to sink below the tree line…
Feb 24, 2023
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A Love Letter to My Bed
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