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the final week
I pass Oma's neighbor today in the stairwell. I didn't realize she ever left her apartment without medical transport, but there she was,...

Missy La Vone
Mar 21, 20255 min read


pause
I want to write, because it's been one of those weeks where a million things happened, like candy tumbling from broken papier-mâché, and...

Missy La Vone
Mar 14, 20257 min read


7 am
I've been waking before 7 am. The birds sing through the open bathroom window, the fresh morning air tumbles in. I look forward to each...

Missy La Vone
Mar 10, 20256 min read


Berlin, again
For months I didn’t feel like writing, but time always rebalances me, encourages me to check back in. I was convinced I’d lose all the...

Missy La Vone
Feb 22, 20256 min read


29.01.25, 3:35 GMT+1
Oma inhales, now………and now………….and now………………….and now. Her eyes are all brown, pinpoint black irises. Slack eyelids toward the window:...

Missy La Vone
Jan 30, 20253 min read


The final days, Berlin
In Berlin my last two weeks, I showed Austin the midnight trains, the potato place, the Spandau gym, the apartment that plagued me with...

Missy La Vone
Oct 8, 20234 min read


The rest of Munich
Wednesday: We woke up to pouring rain, which made it a perfect day for visiting the Zeppelin museum; it's crazy how many...

Missy La Vone
Jul 10, 20238 min read


Monday-Tuesday
Monday I decided I wanted to try to get into a doctor Monday morning (before Doug and I took our road trip outside of the main city)...

Missy La Vone
Jul 5, 20236 min read


Weekend in Munich
The church bells I'll remember the most, the way they ring and ring in the morning and not on-beat, like you can really imagine someone...

Missy La Vone
Jul 2, 20236 min read


Munich & what came before
The first full day of Munich, I'm writing now in short sentences just so I can get something down before all the weeks pass and months...

Missy La Vone
Jul 1, 202313 min read
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