AJ Gabriel
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Handog: The Song My Father Lived By
Tomorrow would have been my father’s birthday — November 5.Even after all these years, the ache…
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The leaves may fall, but the heart still knows how to bloom
October looked like it had hired a cinematographer. The trees turned amber and copper, the mornings…
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Autumn, and the Taste of Home
The park looked as though someone had spilled a box of old pigments across it. Burnt…
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Book Review: The Rules of Living Well
by Richard TemplarRating: ★★★★☆ (4.5/5)Category: Book Reviews | Personal Development | Life Lessons “If we weren’t…
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Why My Stanley Tumbler is My Quiet Workday Hero
Quencher® H2.0 FlowState™ Tumbler | 0.89L Not Sponsored (But Should Be) There are things in a…
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ACHE AND AWE
SEPTEMBER Ache and Awe September came later than usual because I could not quite summarise it…
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I ONLY NEEDED ONE FOOT DOWN.
The alarm went off at 7:12 a.m. with the confidence of something that had clearly never…
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The Quiet Arithmetic of Growing Apart
The table was too small for our history and too large for the number of people…
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Nice People, Not My Cup of Tea
Living in Britain has taught me many things, including that tea can apparently resolve situations I…
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THE TREE BENT. THE LAW SHOULDN’T.
The coconut leaves were making that restless sound I remember from home—the dry, rapid clatter of…
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APPARENTLY, EVEN INSTANT TAKES TIME.
The little machine whirred in my hands, made a series of tiny mechanical noises that sounded…
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A Week Without Millie
Life lately has felt slower, heavier—like every step carries the echo of something missing. It has…