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My Thoughts

Dear Yuri, This isolation is just overwhelming. I feel sorry for those who are now locked with their thoughts. I know how hard it is. Living with a...

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Unlike Others

Dear Yuri, Every other house seems to beam with energy during this timing. But not mine. Everyday I worry about my parents, my parents who are...

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The World From My Window

Dear Yuri, Itโ€™s been a month since I was able to visit my family, meet my friends or even go to church. I never imagined we would have to go through...

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Sorry, Not Sorry

Dear Yuri, Iโ€™m of the age that remembers your ventures into the void, and I celebrated them. And here I now am in another void which is not if my...

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Silence

Dear Yuri, We have now been in isolation for more than a month and I have never felt more conflicted. This emotional rollercoaster gets longer and...

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How The Streets Sound On Curfew

Dear Yuri, A la orden la zanahoria, la cebolla, la papaya, el tomateโ€ asรญ suenan las calles en el toque de queda. Si te asomas, hay casas con trapos...

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Response

Dear Yuri, Itโ€™s day 26 of lockdown in London and I havenโ€™t had much time to look out of any windows. Or more my panicked, hyper-vigilant, first...

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Mouth of The Tyne

Dear Yuri, I am one of the lucky ones. I have a beautiful expansive view of my little corner of the world. I sit above the mouth of the river Tyne as...

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Nature, Nuture

Dear Yuri, I’m very lucky to look out at a park, where the leaves on an oak tree 20ft from our bedroom window have been getting bigger, greener...

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The Moon Looks Upside Down

Dear Yuri, When I left England to visit New Zealand, I never once, for a moment, thought that I would be here 6 weeks later. When Lockdown first...

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The Awakening

Dear Yuri, This strange time has given me the time to reflect on what is truly important. It has enabled me to stop the mindless patterns I’d...

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Songbird’s Morning

Dear Yuri, For the longest time I have lived in an overcrowded and bustling city (London). The countryside is where long to be, yet we must endure...

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