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April Snow in Prague

As you can probably tell by the rest of my blog, other related writings, and my art, Prague is a goth girl who has me whipped. Being that this was Easter season in Czechia, it also meant getting whipped in the literal sense.

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Memorial Day Abroad: Memory, Duty, and the Future We Owe

Memorial Day is not an abstraction for us as veterans. It is not a happy slogan, a sale, or a long weekend. It is a sacred pause.

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Tracing Trieste

Kafka, Memory, and the Winter Winds of the Adriatic Sea

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A Kafkaesque Haunting in Budapest

Winter Markets, River Lights, and the Ghosts of Literary Present

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Dreamweaving in Berlin

A bad hotel, a strange dream, an invasive airport pat-down—a trip that stirred ghosts I thought were long-buried.

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Take a Train to Machu Picchu

Surviving debilitating altitude sickness to taste ceviche in heaven.

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An Echo of Absence on Veterans Day: The Erasure of Heroes and the Fraying of a Nation's Soul

The memory of these veterans is not a footnote to be toggled on and off at will; it is the heart of the matter.

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Roses for Kafka in Prague

Prague doesn’t just tell its story—it draws you into its pages, daring you to confront the profound and the peculiar within yourself and the ghosts you entertain.

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Finding Franz: Agnieszka Holland’s Kafka Biopic is an Ethereal Masterpiece

Franz is a film about the desire to be seen, to be embraced without trial or judgment.

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Costa Smeralda Blues

The Gallura Diaries: Kafka, Chemotherapy, and the Emerald Coast

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Be My Basel Bae

Metamorphosis of Meaning in a Labyrinth of Canvases

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Zen in Zürich

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Feeling Luxembourgish

General Patton, Goldblum’s jazz, and wandering through the Gibraltar of the North.

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Waltzing Through Vienna

Vienna's opulent charm, from its historic cafés and cultural landmarks to its paradoxical allure, blends beauty with a darker past. Even Franz Kafka, who once called Vienna a "mammoth dying village," couldn't escape its complex pull.