Essays
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Through the Lens - Issue 27
November 01, 2023
“Sleep quality” is a phrase I’ve been seeing a lot lately.
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Through the Lens - Issue 25
November 01, 2022
Growing up, I thought one of the best things about becoming an adult would be finally achieving freedom.
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Through the Lens - Issue 23
November 01, 2021
There is nothing that can match the sensation of experiencing something in person when so many things have become possible online.
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Through the Lens - Issue 21
November 01, 2020
My life changed suddenly from traveling almost every week to staying at home day after day, Monday to Sunday, morning to noon to night.
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Through the Lens - Issue 20
June 01, 2020
The gravity of this unprecedented pandemic shook us, closed schools and shifted my work, which left us with free days.
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Through the Lens- Issue 18
June 01, 2019
After moving to Japan I was sometimes asked whether there were four seasons in Germany, where I come from.
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Through the Lens - Issue 17
October 27, 2018
In the fall, after we experience our first overnight frost, the world begins to slow down.
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Through the Lens - Issue 16
June 29, 2018
Longer days, bare feet on sun-warmed wood or rock, picnics, the garden lush and full.