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Sep 10

How to Find the Pot of Gold, Assuming It’s Still Where I Left It

Surrounded by farm life in an English meadow, far from the madding crowd

Behind a low stone wall, a small herd of cows and a farmer approach from a gate in the stone wall behind

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2d ago

How Do We Let Go of the Things Once the People Are Gone

It happens when it happens, it takes as long as it takes

Small notebook with a pink-and-purple plaid cover. A deck of business cards, the top one from MD Anderson Cancer Center, is attached with a binder clip

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Oct 25

Why I Smiled My Way Through a Deadly Uprising in Bangkok

Trying not to notice those little bags of gasoline lining the curb

A traditional Thai battle scene painting on black silk, matted and framned

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Oct 20

My Passion for Purple Was Predominantly Passive

Then poof! It popped!

Five color-coded cards in increasingly deep shades of purple are splayed out, the top one reading “PANTONE 19–3935 Deep Cobalt”

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Crow’s Feet: Life As We Age

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Oct 13

Thoughts on Hair and Why I’m So Attached to Mine

Maybe not quite all is vanity

Grey-crowned crane with a long, whitish neck graduating to dark grey body. Black beak and forehead, red cheek mark, bright straw-like backcrest

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Oct 6

How Shopping for Bread in Europe Let Me Know I’d Arrived

There’s a reason we call it the staff of life

Close-up of a woman’s hands as she’s kneading dough on a board covered with flour

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Oct 1

A Cappuccino a Day... Probably Has No Health Benefits, But Who Cares

A habit is a habit, and may be its own reward

A Cappuccino a Day... Probably Has No Health Benefits, But Who Cares

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Sep 27

Cairo Is a Big Place, the World Is a Small One

Sometimes stuff makes the world go ‘round, and that’s not always a bad thing

An alleyway in a Middle Eastern marketplace, with brass merchandise hanging outside a shop. Two men sit in front of stores, a boy runs by.

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Crow’s Feet: Life As We Age

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Sep 20

Sometimes It Feels Like the World’s Pulling for You, Sometimes It Doesn’t

Anytime is a good time to lend a hand

Dozens of handprints in various colors against an off-white background

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Sep 5

I Knew Oysters Were Awful Even Though I’d Never Tasted Them

Here’s what it took for me to give them a try

I Knew Oysters Were Awful Even Though I’d Never Tasted Them

A.R. Jacobs

A.R. Jacobs

Spent a professional lifetime on the road, from day trips to 4-year stays. Now that I’m retired, it’s time to write about it, and whatever else comes to mind

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