A few years have passed now. Not in a way that feels dramatic. Just enough time for your memory to stop demanding an answer. You think of her sometimes without warning. Her smell. That black silk dress. The sound of…
Tulum Ruins, Mexico
The week was a blur. It would have been two days after your birthday. You would have partied for two days straight, long enough for time to soften at the edges, long enough for mornings to arrive without ceremony. Celebrations…
Paolyn Houseboats, Coron
It began with the weather, as these things often do.The kind that makes plans feel provisional. Like suggestions made by someone who will not be held responsible. Morning arrived under a low ceiling of cloud. Coron held its breath. The…
Villa del Balbianello, Lake Como
You would have noticed the lake first. Not its color, but the way it refused all haste. The water held the world in a kind of suspense. Sounds arrived muted. Time loosened. Even the air seemed to wait. She stood…
Banul Beach, Coron
Coron The day began where heat gathers and refuses to leave. In the market, everything pulsed. Shrimp. Chicken. Mangoes split open and breathing. Watermelon sweating onto wooden tables. You chose without urgency, the back of your neck already damp. She…
