meeting

“A long walk solves more than a short meeting.”

Pieter Janssen Founder, Antwerp

building

“Walk the site at dawn. The building will tell you where it wants to face.”

Tomasz Nowak Architect, Kraków

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The sea doesn’t owe you a wave. Paddle out anyway.

Keanu Kahale

Surf coach, Honolulu

archive

“Every archive is a love letter someone forgot to send.”

Beatriz Lima Archivist, São Paulo

written

“Read slowly the books that were written slowly.”

Esther Cohen Librarian, Montreal

conversation

“Coffee is an excuse. The conversation is the product.”

Tesfaye Bekele Roaster, Addis Ababa

Mother Tongue · No. 94

Say it out loud

hiraeth

HEER-eyeth noun, Welsh

A homesickness for a home you cannot return to, or that never was.

Welsh, from hir, long.

letters

“Keep your first drafts. They are letters from a braver you.”

Rosa Jiménez Poet, Seville

mountain

“The mountain is the same height every year. You are the one who changes.”

Lhakpa Dorje Trekking guide, Pokhara

feedback

“The best feedback is a question you can’t stop thinking about.”

Nathan Cole Creative director, Austin

Home Truths

42 min

Episode

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Write it down in full

with Greta Lund, therapist

decisions

“The harvest is loud. The good decisions happened in the quiet months.”

Élodie Blanc Vintner, Burgundy

planners

“Cities are built by planners and saved by people who sweep their steps.”

Rania Khalil Urban researcher, Beirut

A garden is a conversation you have with next spring.

Ingrid Solberg

Gardener, Bergen

No. 164

explaining

“If the chorus needs explaining, it is not the chorus yet.”

Olu Adeyemi Songwriter, Lagos

outlived

“The oldest tree in the park has outlived every plan for the park.”

Hamish Grant Arborist, Inverness

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obody makes soup for a stranger. Think about that the next time someone hands you a bowl. Soup is slow and unglamorous, and it can’t be

rushed or photographed well. It is what we cook when we want someone to be all right, and have no better words for it.

Broth · Essay

Soup is a love language

By Rafael Duarte · 6 min read

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What’s in the sky tonight, and why it matters.