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My name is Teresa. I’m 75 years old and I live alone in a small apartment in Bol…

My name is Teresa. I’m 75 years old and I live alone in a small apartment in Bologna. Since I retired, more than ten years ago, my life has grown increasingly silent. At first, I thought: “Finally, some time for myself.” I imagined myself calmly embroidering, strolling through Margherita Park, taking that painting class I’d […]

They said it at my own dinner table in New Jersey—right over paper plates and a …

They said it at my own dinner table in New Jersey—right over paper plates and a bottle of California red I wasn’t offered. “Happy forty-six,” someone joked, and my daughter’s friend pointed her phone at me like I was local scenery. “Your dad fixes pipes?” “Yeah,” my daughter smirked. “He thinks that makes him a […]

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