Lessons From Lockdown

From the balcony we could see the mass of demonstrators marching in the amber lights of Baku at nighttime. Shouts of ‘down with the enemy’ roiled in the air like a maelstrom. The crowd was mostly men, but occasionally a group of women could be seen too. Initially, I was annoyed – it was two […]

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Cold on the Mountain

It had rained through the night. I slept with my beanie on and with my sleeping bag pulled over my head and when I woke I could see my breath. For a while I didn’t move. My legs ached from the twenty-seven miles we walked the day before. Savannah was curled in the corner. She […]

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