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Driving Out the Darkness, or Christmas 2025
It’s harder to drive out the darkness this year. And it doesn’t just come from the world outside. It bubbles up inside, too. The truth is, I doubt the decisions I’ve made and make every single day. I rage at my inability to do more, to go further, to be better. I try to see…
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Buenos Aires brain dump
Buenos Aires is one of the most vibrant cities in the world. It also happens to be my fiancé’s hometown—so I know I’m a little biased. I visited for the first time in July 2022, again in December, and most recently in May and June 2023. All told, I’ve spent about four months living in…
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World Cup Reflection #1: Heartbreak
I’m Welsh-American. My fiancé is Argentinian. We had a wild World Cup. Neither of us are football fans. But the World Cup is about so much more than football. Over the tournament, I learned two things about football—as did countless millions of others: heartbreak, and joy. First, the Welsh side of the story. Heartbreak.
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Joy on the Journey: Top 5 Travel Moments of 2022
After a 2018 road trip along the Saint Lawrence Seaway from Michigan to Cape Breton Island, I started dreaming of going even further—all the way to the edge of the continent. To Newfoundland, and the adjacent French outcropping, Saint Pierre et Miquelon. I started mapping routes. I watched YouTube videos of people taking their cars…