A Platypus Life

A Platypus Life

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Times Square, Tango, and Tears
When two Argentine musicians made my husband cry.
Sep 14 • 
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4 3 2 1
Paul Auster and life’s unexpected turns.
Nov 30 • 
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Last Weekend, I Went Home
“The city had remained a fundamental part of her life, dear, dirty, devouring New York, the capital of human faces, the horizontal Babel of human…
Nov 2 • 
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A Feast Of Latin American Writers
And creating your own luck.
Oct 6 • 
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Chocolate Cake: Heaven or Hell?
On Change vs. Permanence
Sep 28 • 
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How Many Notebooks Are Too Many Notebooks?
On journals, diaries, and writing life.
Aug 31 • 
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Sunday Ceremony
A family lunch in the 1990s.
Aug 17 • 
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On Hosts and Guests
And a hotel with a restaurant that serves unlimited parmesan cheese.
Jul 13 • 
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37, Homesick, and Adjusting
Notes on belonging and life without cheese.
Jun 26 • 
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Beyond Madrid’s Skyline
Paella, family, and Spanish traditions in Los Santos de la Humosa.
Jun 15 • 
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A Lake that Tells Stories
Insufficient information vs my curiosity, and fun facts about a rare lake nobody asked for.
Jun 1 • 
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A Linguistic History
“Every one of us has a linguistic history, however buried or unexamined.
May 19 • 
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A Platypus Life
A Platypus Life
The life between cultures, religions, and languages of my platypus-like family.
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