Vanessa Brown
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Writer, teacher, and current digital nomad. I have lived in seven countries around the world, five of them with a cat. At forty-nine, my life has become a series of visas whilst trying to find a place to settle and grow roots again.
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Whining About the Way Things Used to Be and the "Woke Mob"
I am fifty-one years old and, thus, a solid member of Generation X. We are knocking on the door of retirement, gathering energy for the last trudge uphill before the golden handshake and our collective journey into irrelevance.
By Vanessa Brownabout a year ago in The Swamp
Talking Tennessee: Memories Of Tomorrow
From the moment the red Ford truck rolled across the Mississippi-Tennessee state line, I felt it - the connection. I was coming off the high of New Orleans having spent three nights in The Big Easy. Wandering through the French Quarter was a feast for the senses. I soaked in the sights of quaint little bistros as the waft of baked goods hit my nostrils and my mouth watered. The sounds of soft jazz drifted in the air, caressing my ears as people laughed and chatted at outdoor cafes.
By Vanessa Brownabout a year ago in Humans
My Conversations with Eva Péron. Top Story - October 2024.
I laid the LP on the turntable and dropped the needle. The familiar scratch of the vinyl disc hit my ears before the mastery of Andrew Lloyd Webber’s first bars filled the air. The hairs on my arms stood on end as the death of María Eva Duarte de Perón was announced in a cinema in Buenos Aires. Operatic voices rang out with Requiem for Evita, their intensity rising as the seconds ticked by.
By Vanessa Brownabout a year ago in Wander
My Desire To Return To College Is Palpable
I went to university for the first time at the age of thirty-seven. I’ve penned this line so many times that my regular readers must be tired of seeing it by now. It doesn’t make it any less true, and although it feels redundant to state it again, for any new readers, I went to university for the first time at the age of thirty-seven.
By Vanessa Brownabout a year ago in Education
Unspoken Love and Broken Connections: A Tale of Twin Flames
Lately, L has been on my mind. A lot! I’ve never been able to let the connection go despite us going our separate ways. I’m not someone who spends a lot of time in the past ruminating on things that didn’t pan out. If anything I spend most of my time fantasizing about the future.
By Vanessa Brownabout a year ago in Humans
