Stories

Sort of Surviving a Heat Wave in Portugal

Three days of not quite melting in Lisbon

12 hrs ago •

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

A true story about endings

Feb 28 •

Gregory Garretson

The Beginning of a Great Adventure

How I decided to leave the North for the South

Feb 14 •

Gregory Garretson

Let’s register our car in Portugal! How hard can it be?

Unforgettable adventures in foreign bureaucracy

Nov 22, 2024 •

Gregory Garretson

Remembering Larry

Requiem for a childhood friend

Nov 8, 2024 •

Gregory Garretson

Investing and Returning

Or how your life is like a refrigerator

Nov 1, 2024 •

Gregory Garretson

The Dreams of Stuff

Our fraught relationship with possessions

Oct 25, 2024 •

Gregory Garretson

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