A Room with a View (of the Parking Lot)
When a quiet moment in Starbucks becomes a reminder of what we carry It was a typical afternoon at the…
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Category: torri gates
language learning, adaptation, and immersion
The Stranger in the Parking Lot
A reflection on presence, perception, and the quiet work of noticing.
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Look Homeward, Saguaro
What does it mean to belong—to a place, to a rhythm, to a story that doesn’t begin and end with…
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Gone with the Wind (and the Dust)
The Weather Just Is It was another windy day in Picture Rocks. The kind where it feels like Zeus himself…
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A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Coffee Shop
Not Retired, a Snowbird, or Noisy (I Think) It started with a label. Or rather, three. We’ve been in Tucson…
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The Vestibule: In Praise of First Drafts
Earlier in March, as we prepared to leave the desert rhythms of Casa Saguaro for a stretch back in Indiana, it hit…
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In Praise of Generative AI (ChatGPT and friends)
Neither a Silver Bullet Nor a Werewolf (or both) My first car was technically a 1968 Chevy Biscayne, with that…
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