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Strangers

Sharing a cab, hitching a ride, staying in a marriage

September 2020
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Work

In a strip club, in an emergency room, in a refugee camp

August 2020
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Boyfriends & Girlfriends

Falling for a firefighter, staying single, trusting someone with your cat

July 2020
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Fear

Of failure, of the high dive, of other people

June 2020
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Weekends

A trip with a stranger, a roadside rescue, a missing husband

May 2020
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Accidents

An unplanned pregnancy, a twisted ankle, a case of dynamite

April 2020
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Shortcuts

Along the shoreline, through a neighbor’s yard, in a back alley

March 2020
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Bravery

Facing the police, facing your parents, facing the truth

February 2020
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Nourishment

Dad’s leftover stew, the kids’ Lunchables, coffee and pie with a friend

January 2020
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Interruptions

A detour in Samoa, an encounter in a bar, a snowfall in Colorado

December 2019
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