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As one grows up, the other grows older
One eventful week in London. Family vacations can uncover many truths.
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Jenna Park
27
Winter's wonder and a new year begins
How the year ended, how I'm approaching the new year, and a roundup of links.
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Jenna Park
43
Notes from an empty nest: retracing 28 years of NY memories
Permanence is an illusion, but some places feel frozen in time.
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Jenna Park
34
A reconciliation of December
A month of contrasts, the ghosts of small business past, consumerism, and making space for future Decembers.
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Jenna Park
22
A little weekend vignette
Pre-holiday rambles, a post vaccine haze, and moments in between seasons.
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Jenna Park
19
Life is indeed short. Take the vacation.
Being frugal is exhausting.
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Jenna Park
22
The Leaving Years
By the time you read this, I might be in a fetal position.
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Jenna Park
55
Reentry. Home is not a place.
A summer of goodbyes and a summer of hope.
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Jenna Park
30
Finding quiet in a world of breaking news
A little beauty amid chaos.
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Jenna Park
18
A garden (and a blog) grows in Brooklyn
Retirement projects and spouses on social media.
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Jenna Park
9
Summer is summering, and an empty New York minute
Waiting out a heatwave and a (mostly) photo essay of The Cloisters.
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Jenna Park
13
We are all stars under the same night sky
Chasing after the lightness of youth. Can we ever recapture that feeling again?
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Jenna Park
21
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