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Things I Don’t Do

I don’t use Instagram or Snapchat, I don’t work sixty-hour weeks, I don’t watch Game of Thrones.

You can’t care that deeply for every suffering thing,
Even I know this much.

These forty-nine deaths I have not died.

These live-action remakes might not always succeed in being great stand-alone movies, but maybe that’s not a fair standard to hold them to.

But what Andrew likes best about his new place are the bookstores in the neighborhood.

I’m committing to following this path as best I can, although I can’t see the turns ahead and everyone disagrees about the map.

We need something to comfort us after the emotional fireworks of seeing Miguel reconnect with his ancestors in a flurry of orange marigolds.

The waves will wave again and the wind will call my name. What good hope that is.

I’m also thankful, in a more shameful sense, that I got to leave when I planned to.

If you visit Tegucigalpa, you’ll find more than you expect.