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Peter

Dear Yuri, This feels strange. It feels strange that, strange is the new normal and normal seems to be a strange concept. Endless days of the same...

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My Eyes!

Dear Yuri, I always imagined that as an astronaut you got to see the whole world and I was envious. Now, I believe I can see the whole world in...

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Healing

Dear Yuri, Being dumped before quarantine was difficult but being forced to face myself and my thoughts has helped the healing process beyond belief...

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Burying My Head In The Sand

Dear Yuri, I feel guilty really. The world is being torn apart and I am actually having a lovely fucking time. Does that make me a bad person? Or...

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We Can Change

Dear Yuri, When I open my window and see the world; I believe that we are able to change it if we want to. I can imagine the world is peace, that...

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Life Away From School

Dear Yuri, Looking out of my window I think about the pupils I teach. I worry about those who have difficult lives and dread holidays of only a week...

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Bustling Rooftops

Dear Yuri, Towards evening, black clouds mottle Mumbai’s summer sky; an indicator the monsoon is on its way. As the sun begins its descent into...

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The Silence

The stillness is alien to me but simply peaceful and the slowness is allowing me to focus on things I would never have had time for. Leigh-Anne...

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Christ Is Risen

Dear Yuri, I’m getting to know my street that sign, for example, tilted at a sympathetic angle and the way the parked cars strain towards the passing...

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Lockdown Word Vomit

Dear Yuri, I like lying in my empty bath. Letting the water drain out like a music video. It had been a while since I’d proper cried. Watching the...

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Others

Dear Yuri, Little did I know I would be here writing this words to you, but here I am. By looking at the stars I can see the light in between the...

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Polish

Dear Yuri, As the world faces a lockdown, I look up to the sky and I feel anxiety. I live in Poland, a country which is using this horrible situation...

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