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What’s At The Airport?

I think… I believe if I had stayed, some of them would be alive right now, you know?

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I Self-Published A Book
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I Self-Published A Book

Today, I share a work of love with you.

In late 2022, I picked up Saul Leiter’s photography collection from a bookstore. I was drawn to his ability to capture the most private human experiences in a busy, big world. I immediately purchased the book. In early 2023, amid layoffs, lack of recruiting jobs, and extensive change in my life, I was flipping through the collection of photos when the idea struck; to write a short story each day inspired by one of the photos.

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Daddy and Tea Cakes
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Daddy and Tea Cakes

Cookie crumbs fall on a red polka-dot cotton dress. Chunky, smooth fingers dig into a red chitterling bucket, turned cookie jar. The outstretch fingers reach for another butter brown tea cake.

“Timberrrrr.” shouts a voice. The hands of the little girl recoils from the cookie jar. Her head snaps in the direction of the voice, and quiets her breathing. If her granny finds her head first in the chitterling bucket, she could expect something said about her body. She could already hear... .

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Another Country, Another Way

In January, I wrote a single line on my vision board I hope you listen to yourself and chart your own course. I had a habit of doing the opposite.

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A Year Later

The last newsletter I wrote was in September 2023, a year where my job as a recruiter had dried up, layoffs were frequent, and I was a foreigner living in Paris

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Bittersweet

Was it in London alongside the pouring droplets colliding with skin that no longer seemed to fit?

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Friends

A last minute arrival to Paris. A text confirming a time and location. Early afternoon. The conversation light while the smoked bbq wings are placed centered on the table. We sip our drinks re-familiarizing ourselves after years.

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People & Process

Documenting the process of life through the sage conversations with people in my life.

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Tarnished Books

The book was desecrated. Books with small written sentences or paragraphs. My eyes try to dispher the runaway chicken scratch. Others were left with questions or asterisks. People vandalizing property.

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