The Break

The Break

Moving Days

death is not always the end

Ellen Kirkpatrick
Dec 15, 2023
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Sky and Water I by M. C. Escher (1938)
     Yesterday we set the completion date for our twelfth house move in sixteen years. On 18 December, we’ll move away from a place we bought from strangers who — against all advice — became fast friends, our weld forged through the possibilities that moving promises. The kind of friends who stay with you until the …

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