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On How We Got Here
I realize that there is a large gap between our life in Italy and our life in the Netherlands, so before we move forward I’d like to take a moment to catch you up. In 2023 we knew we had to make a choice. Italy was now behind us. As…
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A Book That Changed Me
In the spring of 2017, a story I had been telling myself for years — the one that defined who I loved, how I loved, how I accepted love, and how I saw myself — collapsed. The sheer shock of how badly I had been beaten put me into a…
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The Butterfly Shaman
In celebration of the spring equinox I am reposting this piece. For me it is timely reminder to hold fast in the midst of dissolution. Without getting into details, the past few weeks have been about dealing with sudden changes that were outside my control and holding faith that there…
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On Life in Southern Italy / Part Two
After our pizza and wine at Stazione Termini, we caught a six-hour train south to Bari Central. We arrived close to midnight, but the streets were still full of people. My flat on Via Niccolò Piccinni was close enough that we walked hand in hand, pulling our luggage behind us….
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On Life in Southern Italy / Part One
A month prior to when this photo was taken, I arrived in Istanbul full of hope and anticipation. I had spent the past few months researching European law to see whether it was possible for me to bring my partner back home with me to live in Italy. We met…
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A Hard Reset
I was sitting on the sofa one evening, scrolling through Instagram reels, laughing, killing time when my husband leaned over and asked what I was watching. I showed him a few videos I found funny. But then he stopped me and said, “You do know those are AI-generated, don’t you?…
