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#76 When Two Men Come to Deport Your Husband. Or: How Florence Turns into Skopje
Skopje, North Macedonia, October 2026
The doorbell rings. It’s mid-morning on October 14, and I’m working at the dinner table with an empty cup by my side. Daniel is in the kitchen of our temporary house on the coast just north of Gallipol...
🔎 How to Cope with Sadness: 9 Things I Do When I Feel Down
I’ve been feeling down recently without knowing why. Perhaps it’s an autumn thing.
I’m not worried about it (and those who care about me shouldn’t either). It’s just part of life. There are times I’m buoyed by almost everyone and everythi...
# 75 Controra, or Walking Through the History of a Baroque Italian Town
Controra (noun): the quiet, scorching hours of the early afternoon, known elsewhere in the world as “siesta.”
The stones of Nardò were not laid for easy walking. I must watch my step on the uneven streets and prevent an otherwise likely sl...
🗝️ Authenticity Is the Sound of a Book: How Japanese Characters Give Western Minds a New Perspective
A spark is a fire flower (火花 - hibana).
A volcano a fire mountain (火山 - kazan).
And a glove is a handbag (手袋 - tebukuro).
It’s fascinating to imagine words afresh, see them through the lens of another language. When I study kanji...
⌂ The Empty Space in Front of Your Hand
Palermo, 2019, just to confuse things.
Paris, 2015
Michel was an old and charming man as only an old and charming painter in a Parisian atelier can be. He was our neighbor. Whenever we ran into each other in the courtyard and spoke,...
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Nomad and author of six books. Writing about travel, literature, art, philosophy, languages, Japan, and anything else that makes me wonder. New novel, YOUR BODY OF MINE, is coming in April 2027.
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