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Before She Goes

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Jun 24

Soft morning light filters through sheer curtains onto a quiet dining room. A long table with empty chairs sits in shadow, except for one gently lit by the window. A basket rests at the center, and a folded stroller sits off to the side. Photos line the far wall. The room feels recently occupied, but now still.

Jun 24

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Still Listed

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Jun 14

Filtered light casts soft, intersecting shadows on a tiled floor, creating a quiet pattern of presence and absence.

Jun 14

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Unread

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Jul 1

A set of moss-covered stone steps in angled afternoon light. Shadows from a nearby railing fall diagonally across the stairs. The moss is uneven, the surface worn, with scattered leaves resting in the crevices.

Jul 1

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The Window Was Stuck

Just enough to miss

1d ago

$Close-up of cracked safety glass, fractured into hundreds of small, jagged segments, with warm and cool tones reflecting through the surface. Light filters through faintly, distorted and fragmented.$

$Close-up of cracked safety glass, fractured into hundreds of small, jagged segments, with warm and cool tones reflecting through the surface. Light filters through faintly, distorted and fragmented.$

1d ago

Plan D (or E)

The sky wasn’t quite right, but neither of them minded

3d ago

A couple sits silhouetted in reclining seats inside a planetarium, gazing up at a star-filled dome. The sky above them shows the Milky Way and several constellations, including the Big Dipper, outlined with thin white lines. The atmosphere is quiet and intimate, bathed in soft blue tones.

3d ago

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Beyond the Scoreboard

Just in Case It’s a Vote

A memory from the edge of a game, and a little outside the team

6d ago

Top-down view of a person’s feet in worn, olive-green sneakers with loose laces, resting in patchy grass near a stone edge. The person’s legs are relaxed and slightly apart, as if pausing or observing from the sidelines.

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Hibiscus and Champagne

And other pairings

Jul 8

A row of wooden crates filled with fruit — bananas, pineapples, melons, and papayas — rests against a tiled wall under soft lighting. A person stands in the background near a counter, slightly out of focus. The atmosphere is quiet, casual, and intimate, evoking a moment paused in motion.

Jul 8

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The Lark

She Rewrote the Moon

What happens when reality pauses for her

Jul 7

A young woman stands alone on a dark city street, facing a crescent moon glitching in the sky. Ambient fog and flickering lights suggest a world momentarily out of sync.

Jul 7

The Currency of Connection

More than the exchange

Jul 5

The Currency of Connection

Jul 5

Me, Big Spender

Didn’t belong, didn’t leave

Jun 29

Nighttime view of Monaco’s harbor with luxury yachts docked in the illuminated marina. The city rises steeply behind the water, glowing with golden lights under a dark blue sky, with a mountain silhouetted in the background.

Jun 29

Michael M. Brownstein

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I am writing to learn as I learn to write.

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