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Photo: Chincoteague National Wildlife Refuge, February 2023 In Montreal, they don’t know what to do with the heat. I hear they just turn off all the lights and sit still. We used to do that in public school in the nineties. We didn’t have air-conditioning either. Parents would
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I didn't know
Three weeks ago, Ilya and I adopted two-year-old Mina from Strays Hope for Life. * I didn't know I would love her so immediately, so entirely. I didn't know I would watch her sleeping: curled into a tight sickle, or all four paws out like sticks. Watch
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$2.75 get you home
$2.75 gets you home with all the other people. A couple, reading. At Bedford-Nostrand, she passes him her novel, and he takes her novel and his novel, and puts both together into his tote. They get off the train. A woman with a huge drum. A man with a
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Kasia: An explainer
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"I read it in the bath."
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Tiny Bikeshop By the Sea
A long time ago, a Persian bride waltzed into a tiny bikeshop by the sea. On her heels: her husband and her best friend. The best friend declared she was buying the bride a bicycle. “This bicycle is the best thing that happened today!” said the bride. “Because my husband,
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The rib streets
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In 65 million years, you're gonna fly
If only we had a secret door. So we didn’t have to raise the gate to sign for packages. To step out for a sandwich. To arrive early. To leave late. So no one could catch us, key in the door, coffee in hand, lost in thought or conversation
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