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Posted on June 1, 2020May 31, 2020

The Lisbon Paradox

A Travel Fiction on Authenticity “In the vast ocean of humanity, there are a few ports where all walks of life can find safe harbo—…

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Posted on May 15, 2020May 9, 2020

Your Life’s Work…In One Sentence or Less

You’re on vacation, but it’s a downpour of rain outside.  Just your luck. What was supposed to be a relaxing morning enjoying the outdoors is…

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Posted on January 1, 2020January 26, 2020

100 Years in 1,000 Words

15 July, 1920 Hello. Is that how you start a diar- a journal? This is dumb. This is the worst birthday gift. I am seven years…

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Posted on December 9, 2019March 23, 2020

The Traveler’s Prayer

If I fell from the sky from a thousand long milesThen would you be right there so to catch me? If I wandered the forests…

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Posted on October 20, 2019January 26, 2020

The Physics of Interstellar Loneliness

Seven billion specks of lightScattered o’er a thousand nightscomplex order, intertwineddance to rules beyond our minds Seven billion sky bound beingsFloat, ephemerous, at seaDaunting, though,…

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Posted on September 27, 2019January 26, 2020

The Invincibility Spell

Coming of age at .2 Mach (Drink pairing: Vodka Redbull) He did it. It took a whole year of saving pennies — moonlighting in restaurants,…

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Posted on September 12, 2019September 12, 2019

Your Day Job Isn’t the Issue, Your Weeknights are

It’s not adulting that’s keeping you too busy to chase your dreams (Originally published in The Startup on Medium. Photo byAnnie Spratt on Unsplash) (Drink Pairing for…

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