HeyJaredArchaeology for Poets
Field notes from beneath the surface. Letters, travel journals and poetry by Issabella Orlando.
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Salt in the Blood (opens the original)
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Hello dear readers from autumn’s open mouth. It’s got its teeth around us now, here in the UK at least. But I was in southern Italy earlier this month and let’s just say September has a very different meaning there. Spritz on the beach, thirty degree forecasts, not a cloud in sight… it’s still pretty much the same as it was in high summer, and after a final dose, I’m grieving its end all over again. Europeans, please: check in on your English friends. The change in season hasn’t been the only ad
Seeing In Colour (opens the original)
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Hello dear readers from above the clouds.I’ve been writing this letter slowly between flights to and from different homelands, and amid a heatwave in London that leaves the city muggy and me a clammy mess. Needless to say, I’m a bit discombobulated. A few weeks ago, I watched the solstice sun begin to sink from the runway in Toronto, and it was already in the sky again after just a few hours in the air. The airplane windows were treated with some kind of film that blocked the light and warped th
The Spirit of Land (opens the original)
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Good evening dear readers from sun-drenched London. It’s been hot and humid here for the past few weeks, which always feels a little oppressive in the city, but I’m fortunate to live in a leafy spot near some beautiful parks and gardens, so I’m making the most of it, going everywhere I can on foot, going as slow as possible. The heat and the projects I’m working on (more on those below) are both recalling my trip to Egypt last autumn, where a few particular dreams began to brew in the desert. Ma
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