“I just want somewhere where I can’t see other people,” I sobbed. “There are people everywhere, there’s nowhere to get away from them.” I knew...
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If meaning dies, what is left?
I’ve never understood how people can spend their lives not trying to figure out the meaning of life, and more than that, the meaning of...
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Broken Hearts Walking Around
They say when you become a mother you decide forever to have your heart go walking around outside your body. And we mothers, when our...
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Where my vote really counts
I’ve just voted in the third national election in three years and it’s the only one where I feel like my vote matters. I have...
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Were They Exceptional?
I’m a quarter Swedish, almost half German and the rest is a mix of English, Irish, Scottish and French. I know this because I am,...
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The Long Lockdown
The first lockdown in March felt like an extended snow day, bright and still, with life unexpectedly different, on pause. It was a chance to...
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The Sound of Silence
It’s not noisy where I live. Or I didn’t think it was, until the noise stopped. I live in a quiet residential neighbourhood in Utrecht....
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