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One of my favorite things about Mexico is that no one ever seems to say goodbye, not really. Nos vemos! Cuídate! Hasta pronto! are all very creative…
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“I think it’ll be fine,” David says, because he mostly always does. We’re surveying the sky, trying to determine if it’s safe to fly our drone above…
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I’m filming myself as I write this, which makes me acutely aware of my default sitting position; hunched over my keyboard like a turtle pecking away at…
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“I’m not good at planning,” is something I’ve told myself for years now, mostly because it’s been true. When I was living in China almost a decade ago…
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Our dentist’s name is Dr. Jose, but he told David early on he’d rather go by Dr. Pepe. He is round and merry and because he’s a dentist in a pandemic…
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I’m doing push-ups at a dusty bus stop somewhere in central Mexico, my nose lightly touching the screen of my phone directly beneath my face on the…
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The first thing we notice is the smell; rotten eggs, but stronger. Meat? A rotten, meat-filled omelet? This is why I’m vegan. We’re walking down a side…
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The house next to ours is a corner unit, one of only three in our tiny community of homes which all look like they’ve been copied and pasted into a…
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I would like to take this week off from sending you an essay. “I have nothing to say,” I mumble to myself while making my morning coffee on Monday. What…
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When I get back to our house in Merida, I notice the water pressure isn’t as strong as I remember. Or maybe it was always this soft? And I’ve just…
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I’m looking at a baby blue, five-subject Mead notebook from my junior year of high school. DON’T OPEN is scrawled across the center of the cover in red…
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