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“You’re lucky to be alive.”
So said my surgeon, more than once.
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The Beauty and Wonder of Japan: Part 2
On which I eat all the ramen.
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The Beauty and Wonder of Japan: Part 1
Magnificent.
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Unintended Interstitial and the Torment of Lost Time
Everything is fragile. Including me, it seems.
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On Expectations of Happiness
When you’re travelling, no one wants to hear you’re depressed.
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Bordeaux and Toulouse
So close, yet so far.
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Brasil Aventura
The first stop was the hospital.
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Festa Brasileira
The party explodes from the darkness like a joyous firework filled with food and music.
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Sweden in Summer…
…is colder than LA in the winter.