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Sirens and Then: The Sound of Living in San Francisco
Fire engines heard through noise-cancelling windows, and what that sound comes to mean when you live alone.
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Uniquely Yours: An Anniversary Nine Time Zones Apart
Nine years of marriage, much of it long distance, and an anniversary that ends before it has properly begun.
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Shopping Addiction: What 400 Square Feet of Stuff Taught Me
A friend’s studio packed to the ceiling, and the buying pattern I started noticing in everyone, myself included.
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Drowning: When You Become Everyone’s Sounding Board
Year-end chaos, endless requests to chat, and the quiet cost of being the person everyone leans on.
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Holidays and More of Me: A Long-Distance Marriage at Christmas
Nine years married, fourteen together, most of it in different countries. On planning the holidays around that.
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Lights, Camera, and That Silence: A Balcony View of San Francisco
Staring at city lights that shine for no one in particular, and what they reveal depending on the day you’ve had.
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Choices: A Lunch-Hour Lesson in Freedom and Indecision
A non-meat day off the calendar and an entire city of lunch options. On the small freedoms that add up.