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Bonjour. I am Frida. This is where I write about anxiety, art, trying to make art, anxiety associated with trying to make art, and other highly marketable stuff like that.
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“Split Open and Fearless,” or, “A Legendary Sun-Damaged Genius of Cinema”
A Love-Letter to Deborah Levy, Cheryl Strayed, Kate Christensen, Pearl Cleage, Anaïs Nin and, of course, Marguerite Duras I am rereading...
Nov 13, 202211 min read
You’ve Got That Post-Camino Glow! Said Nobody, Ever
Sweden welcomes me with a trip to the emergency room. Not even hyperbole-ing. I’ve not been home twenty-four hours when I step off a...
Nov 1, 20227 min read
Day 25: Villaviciosa to Pola de Siero (29,1k)
After Villaviciosa, the Camino splits. I can choose to continue the Norte along the coast, or I can take the Camino Primitivo into the...
Oct 3, 20225 min read
Day 23, part 2 and Day 24: Villaviciosa to Villaviciosa (3,4k)
Oh, forgot to say. The day continued, even after my grand internal climate epiphany. It rained a lot. It was hot a lot. Then cold a lot....
Oct 3, 20226 min read
Day 23: La Isla – Villaviciosa (25,4k)
The night before, I ask the (dead-sweet) hospitalero what is included in the €2,50 breakfast at Albergue de Peregrinos La Isla. “Bread,...
Sep 28, 20224 min read
Day 15: Santander – Mar (27,4k)
There are no blankets at the albergue, and even though I go to bed in all my warmest clothes – wool trousers, socks and a fleece jacket –...
Sep 23, 20222 min read
Day 13 (?) Guemes – Guemes, via All the Emotions (3,5k)
Oh wow. Where to start. It’s 09:40 on Day 13, or is it 14, I don’t know anymore. But I thought it was 14, which is supposed to be a...
Sep 21, 20229 min read
Bonus Post: First Fortnight Review
Alright! I’m doing it! Let’s go list cause who doesn’t like to know when they’re getting out. First Fortnight Top 10 1. The people. I...
Sep 19, 20223 min read
Day 5: Solitary Self-Hate to Team Triumph, via Azkiku and Somewhere on a Hill (24,9k)
As I’m already in the habit of squandering friendships, it’s not hard for me to leave my two new roomies and head for Zumaia in the early...
Sep 16, 20228 min read
Day 4: Orio to Azkiku, via – dare we say it – Some Healthy Realisations? (18,1k)
Although I’d told myself the night before that my reasons for not getting the albergue breakfast, in addition to not wanting to spend €5,...
Sep 14, 20229 min read
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