Stories

The Tragedy and the Glory of Life on Earth

Or, People Still Fall in Love During Wartime

Sep 12 •

Gregory Garretson

The Funny Life of an American Expat (Part 1 of Oh So Many)

Some of the weird stuff that happens to you when you live abroad

Aug 29 •

Gregory Garretson

The Gentle Death of Memory

And living life in the here and now

Aug 22 •

Gregory Garretson

Why I Spend So Much Time in the Cemetery

Photos from my life haunting the Cemetery of Pleasures

Aug 8 •

Gregory Garretson

The Agony of Being Not Quite Bilingual

Living a linguistically challenged life abroad

Aug 1 •

Gregory Garretson

A Brief Visit to a Random Swedish Town

Thoughts on the Sweden I left behind

Jul 11 •

Gregory Garretson

Sort of Surviving a Heat Wave in Portugal

Three days of not quite melting in Lisbon

Jul 4 •

Gregory Garretson

Elsewhere Care Package: Midsommar, Potatoes, and Snuggles

Care package #5 from Living Elsewhere

Jun 23 •

Gregory Garretson

Let Us Now Praise Everyday Things

Five vignettes celebrating the gorgeously quotidian

Jun 13 •

Gregory Garretson

My Last Thirty-Three Thoughts as the World Was Ending

"Making light" of a national emergency

May 2 •

Gregory Garretson

The Tension Between Home and Adventure

Is the Center elsewhere, or is it within you?

Apr 25 •

Gregory Garretson

The Double Loss of My Not-Quite-Father

Saying goodbye to a part of my life for the second time

Mar 28 •

Gregory Garretson

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