“The truth is that however I choose to express myself will not live up to the weight of these facts: Vincent died, and then James died.”
grief
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Life, Death, and Sourdough
“A bubbling starter brought back Joe, in more ways than one.”
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Solastalgia
“Pleasant memories of places past: that’s nostalgia. But what do you call the grief that comes when the modern world leaves nary a trace of the place that raised you?”
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David Lynch Was Here
A dispatch from the real Twin Peaks, where fans of the director flocked after his death.
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If My Dying Daughter Could Face Her Mortality, Why Couldn’t the Rest of Us?
“Perhaps part of Orli’s legacy is insisting on this conversation.”
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What do you do after you accidentally kill a child?
“Every day he tries to forgive himself. He fails most days.”
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In Every Nelson He Visits, Jeff Truesdell Finds the Man He Loved
“How do you live with the loss of a loved one? For Truesdell, it means visiting every Nelson in North America.”
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Her Dad Was the BTK Killer. Their Daughter Was Gabby Petito. Why Would They Ever Agree to This?
“America obsessed over the murders that ravaged their families. How did they end up stuck in that loop forever?”