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Jessica McKenzie

Pittsburgh
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Burnout prophylactic

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By Jessica McKenzie
| Pinch of Dirt
Dear reader, I’ve missed you! I’ve missed writing to you; I’ve missed hearing from you. I just don’t quite feel the same when I’m not newslettering. They say that chronically online people would probably benefit from just keeping a diary already and not putting everything out there (I’m almost entirely sure this is true). But—I like thinking aloud, and I’ve missed doing it.
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The never-ending hassle of keeping oneself alive

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By Jessica McKenzie
| Pinch of Dirt
Dear readers, I have many more thoughts on Big Sur, fast travel, car camping, our disconcerting journey through California’s endless almond groves, Yosemite, and the legendary Camp Four. I hope to share those with you all soon enough. But of late, I’ve been finding it difficult to make time to write this newsletter on top of my full-time job and the never-ending hassle of keeping oneself alive.
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I absorbed her enchantment as though through osmosis

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By Jessica McKenzie
| Pinch of Dirt
My parents honeymooned in Big Sur after they were married. The ceremony was small—the only two people in attendance were my great aunt and uncle, R&R. My mom wore a light gray wool suit that I would have loved to have appropriated for myself, but when she took it out of storage when I was very small it was riddled with moth holes. (If that had happened more recently, I might have said don’t throw it out, I can fix it.) After the wedding, R&R rented my parents a cabin in Big Sur.
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