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This as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with Natalie Alatriste, a 35-year-old native Floridian who grew up in Miami-Dade County. In 2025, she moved to Arlington, Virginia. The conversation has been edited for length and clarity. Loading audio narration… Growing up in Miami in the ’90s, I remember it…
Growing up, I wanted to live in every city my family visited on vacation. As an adult, I started to work through that list. Loading audio narration… After college in Virginia, I moved to DC, went to grad school in Wisconsin, and then followed jobs to Denver and New York.…
In a previous life, I was a ratty, vagabond mountain girl. I never thought of myself as a writer, and I definitely didn’t plan to build a career as a ghostwriter. I rarely planned where I’d sleep each night.During a gap year from college in winter 2020, I was working…
Until recently, if you had mentioned multigenerational living to me, I wouldn’t have assumed you were talking about my mom and me. After all, we haven’t lived under the same roof for nearly 20 years. Loading audio narration… In the 20 years since I last lived with Mom, I’ve gotten…
Our family’s first trip to Windermere changed everything.Sitting on the bank of a stream with my feet dipped in its cold, clear water, surrounded by trees budding for spring — even with the baby kicking away inside me at eight months pregnant, I felt a kind of bliss that’s hard…
As someone who’s lived in central Scotland all her life, I’ve noticed that tourists often base themselves in Edinburgh — for good reason. The capital city offers a brilliant slice of Scotland, with plenty of historic sites, interesting museums, and scenic vistas.No country is just its capital, though, and there’s…
