something happens next

always. every time.

pandemiclife

  • And again

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    New restrictions were announced earlier today. It isn’t a surprise, and day to day, it won’t change much for me personally. And yet. It still hurts. It’s still a sign…

  • Before, during, next

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    The last time I wore makeup was March 9. It was a Monday. I woke up, showered, got dressed, put on makeup, drove to work. I took a photo of…

  • Default

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    Years ago I walked the Camino Santiago. In the cathedral of Santiago de Compostela at the end, the priest prayed that “now that we no longer have the flechas amarillas,…

  • What if this is the new normal?

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    Last week a friend told me she’d decided to go ahead with a necessary but non-urgent surgery. She’d been putting it off because of the pandemic – but now? Better…