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In Berlin this early in the quarantine it's ok, the sun is out and I would love to be out in it, I imagine people here might be finding it daunting at the end of ...read more
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Things my African boyfriend wants to know: Why do white people need to take coffee or tea every morning? Why don't you eat the head? It's the best part. Can I have the bag? Let ...read more
Today in Ghana I ran into my friend Kwame, who sells jewellery from his lap in a wheelchair in Osu and thus supports a family of five. Kwame's dream is to be a lawyer. We ...read more
Wild animals are now approaching humans, desperate for water. Magpies are mimicking sirens. It's so catastrophic we need a new word for catastrophic. And next year, and the year after that, those who are left ...read more
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My little Tisch is dying really fast. It seems her body is already cooling and her gait is all wobbly and drunk. Her kidneys are three-quarters shut down and the surfeit of unprocessed toxins has ...read more
I bought my bike second hand and we went all the way to Leipzig to get it. Leipzig is the new Berlin now that Berlin is the new Seattle. I took my new bike to ...read more
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I had a beautiful friendship once, with a woman who is also a writer. We read each other’s works in a kind of ecstasy of communion, making notes at every page. Our conversation was easy ...read more
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I am in Faro and the moon has been full for days. Everywhere we walk he carries my bag. It is heavy with notebooks and sketchpads and he carries it without complaint. The old town ...read more
When we eat too much ~ what we really want is love. When we cling too hard to money ~ what we really want is love. When "he's just looking for attention" ~ attention is ...read more