HeyJaredLaura Bronner
Curious writer, adventure seeker, storyteller, always hungry.
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My quest for Spanish citizenship (opens the original)
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My great-grandmother used to tell me and my mom about a farm in Catalonia.It was in the countryside, far from any city and surrounded by green hills. There were goats, they made cheese from the milk. That’s where my family came from.“We are Spanish,” she would tell us emphatically. “Puerto Rico is just where we ended up.”On reflection, she never actually said that she was born in Spain. The stories were so vivid with imagery, my mother and I made the assumption that she had been. Well, you know
What I Read in August (opens the original)
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August was full of beach days, afternoons lounging at the pool, and many days stuck inside as thunderstorms rumbled past all day long.AKA, August was the perfect month to read, which is how I managed to finish nine books in the last 31 days.To be totally transparent, two of the books I have been reading on and off for a few months, so they weren’t fully read from cover to cover this month. Even so, seven books in a month is a lot even for me.I have all but removed myself from social media, excep
I quit drinking coffee and unfortunately, it made my life better (opens the original)
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Being Alone on Vacation, How Sad. (opens the original)
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“Being on vacation alone, how sad,” the man at the table next to me said.I was feeding a tiny piece of my octopus to the curious cat beneath the table, scratching her under the chin as she purred.I looked up to see who he was talking about and realized we were the only two occupied tables at the restaurant. He was talking about me.He was sitting with his wife and daughter. They had just ordered their meals and were sipping beers, their sunburned skin glistening with aftersun gel.I had arrived in
What I Read in June and July (opens the original)
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I skipped May because between packing up my entire life in Seattle, spending two weeks gallivanting around Spain and France, and then moving across the country to Florida, I didn’t read a single book. I don’t think I even opened a book in May. Perhaps on my flight, I tried and failed yet again to complete The Covenant of Water (I swear I really love this book, but it is never-ending, and I keep running out of time on Libby and then have to wait for my turn to read it all over again!).But I have
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