A handful of photos documenting December wonders plus a brief confession about my experience of this year’s holiday season.
Read MoreDeck the Halls 2017
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Autumn in Warsaw
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The brisk air, the fading light, rust-hued leaves rustling and decaying—I come back to all this with revelry every year.
Read MoreOlá Portugal!
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Photos and thoughts summing up my impression of Portugal: a place less “southern” than expected and bracingly unostentatious.
Read MoreA Thing or Two About Turning Forty
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Contrary to what I imagined, and definitely against most that I’ve been told, turning forty is not so monumental at all.
Read MoreThe New Fuji: Early Days
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Have I finally found my ideal toolkit for capturing images with precision and ease? So far, things look promising.
Read MoreCaptions for a Late Summer Sky
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Some inspiration from a glimpse of the Mokotów sky caught one half hour before sunset and minutes before a burst of rain.
Read MoreOre of the Woods
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Longer than anything I’ve written since college, this essay is about a summer cabin and a daughter’s memories of her father.
Read MoreEasements
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On ways that working has eased my recent suffering, or rather the completion of work, the proof of my capacity for it.
Read MoreSurviving My Father
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Reflections on my father’s funeral and one remarkable photo taken 11 years, 11 months, and 11 days before the day he would die.
Read MoreEastern Easter
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A springtime feast for two that seems to break all the rules can still be a festive celebration of the holiday spirit.
Read MoreHead Lice: a Memory
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It turns out that having lice is not as bad as it seems—and reminiscing about the experience can be downright wonderful.
Read MoreFresh Pix
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A cross-section of some vibrant cross-sections I shot in my kitchen to illustrate an upcoming food essay for Magazyn Wino.
Read MoreAn Education
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It’s unclear who had the bigger job this time around: the one forced to do the writing or the one forced to do the forcing.
Read MoreFood Writer’s Status
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An update on essays published, about to be published, or about to be written, plus a few words on working with Magazyn Wino.
Read MoreMaking Millet Edible
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Foolproof instructions for making an amazing pot of steamed millet that boasts nutty toasted notes and a tooth-engaging chew.
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