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No Half-Measures

A college writing professor takes on the world

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Stateside

Reverse culture shock is real

Paris, again

Alone this time

The Last Belonging

Packing for the rest of my life

Down and Out at the Rose and Crown, Part Two

In which the young Alaskan gets the sack

Down and Out at The Rose and Crown

A young Alaskan in London

Vengeance and Retribution

What do you name your AirTags?

Sensitive But Unclassified

What I've learned about being loved and hated

Following Distance

Looking around while looking ahead

Blocked

When real boundaries reveal themselves

Nous Sommes, Part 2

A few more days in Paris

Aviate, Navigate, Communicate

Lessons from my father

Nous Sommes

Americans in Paris

Old Nonsense

The privilege of a gap year (or two) in middle age

An Abstract Sense of Being

What teaching has taught me about being one's self

My Therapist Was Wrong, Part 2

For years, he said things like “Bess, it doesn’t have to be this way!” but when I wanted to leave my marriage, he wanted me to stay.

Down and Out at Charles de Gaulle

Overnight in an airport in late(r)? middle age

You Own Everything That Happened To You

But, memoir is tricky.

Where Would You Go?

What moment in time would you go back to if you could?

Combat Driving and Learning to Let It All Go

Gabon, you're growing on me

Consumables, Part Two

What staying in the same place is teaching me about change