Dear Nomad

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Travel, writing, & travel writing 🌎 Digital nomad 10+ years 📝 Working on a novel about running away to join the Human Towers (castellers) in Barcelona. ❤️ street art, languages, ice skating 📍 Currently in Edinburgh, summer in UK

Sign on the Barcelona metro that says: an evening on social media or a good book? Three hours on your phone is the same as reading about 90 pages.
Two rows of giant green onions on a grill.
Cover of the book Tartufo by Kira Jane Buxton
Photo of a tray of chicken parm with kiwi slices and raisins on it.
A photo of the counter in a bookstore, where there are stacks of books piled up to look like they are holding up the counter.
Photo of a U.S. passport that's been hole punched because it's no longer valid.
A plate with chicken cutlets and mashed potatoes, with a slice of grapefruit and a blueberry in the potatoes
A museum exhibit of an optical illusion, where they explain that by staring at the center, everything around it becomes blurry. And how that's what Enver Hoxha did to maintain power in Albania.
Photo of a human towers castle. It's 9 people tall and has 4 people per level. The castell is in the middle of a packed plaza in the center of Barcelona.
Screenshot of the Duolingo app. One is a ghost of duo, with a cracked screen and the text 'Betrayal!' And the other is duo with X's over his eyes and his tongue hanging out, as if he's dead.
Screenshot from a food delivery app. It's showing a Mayonnaise Calzone. It looks like a regular calzone, but is clearly labeled Mayonnaise Calzone. The ingredients are mayonnaise, ham, and pizza cheese, and it cost 160LEK, or $1.60.
Screenshots of replies from Bernadette Giacomazzo saying that the OP sucks eggplant emojis to pay their rent and doesn't know a damn thing (in all caps)
Screenshot of a post by Bernadette R. Giacomazzo, that says: This racist cunt is sitting here saying 'all digital nomads are scammers because they sell courses'
Picture of a very short, very fluffy white dog with a fluffy tail and tiny, floppy triangle ears
Screenshot of playing the podcast The Shit No One Tells You About Writing
A concrete wall spray painted with 'faleminderit' in bubble letters, in alternating yellow and purple.
Zooming on dad from Schitts Creek, it's the 'realizing...' meme.
Photo of graffiti on the ruins of a wall. It's all pink and has white text that says 'mucho neon' but the N has been changed into a w so that it says 'mucho weon'
Cover of Long Island compromise by Taffy Brodesser-Akner
A picture of jars of pistachio 'Nutella' on a grocery shelf in Albania.
Mosaic mural of people dressed in traditional Albanian dress, hoisting weapons and waving a red Albanian flag, but it looks like the key scene in Les Mis when they sing 'do you hear the people sing'
Photo of an ice rink, with a sign reading patinazhi (ice skating in Albanian) and a picture of ice skates
Close up of a red crosswalk light but instead of a hand, it's a red dragon
Close up of the aisle marker on row 6 of an airplane. The seats are labeled C B A and there's an icon of a person to the left of the C and and icon of a window to the right of the A.
Picture of a chocolate babka, being held up over sweeping views of Barcelona.
Photo of a laptop booting up in an empty cafe. There's a cup of coffee and a Christmas tree and lights in the background and it's dark outside.
Cover of a mini planner. It has a bright floral design, gold rings, and a gold sparkly strap holding it closed. It says Agenda 2025 on it.
Picture Christmas lights- a yellow set of stairs, a red heart, a blue cloud, a purple squiggle, a white smiley face, and a green pickle.
Photo of a building facade where the word 'fideus!' Is spraypainted in pink bubble letters.
A photo of Sagrada familia in Barcelona, with the center tower just higher than the outer pillars, and a crane rising high above that. There's a bright blue sky and palm trees around the edge of the photo.
A picture of a salad with cut up Kumamoto tomatoes, baby Kumamoto tomatoes, mozzarella, and basil.
Photo of a toasted baguette with tomato, and a large glass of fresh squeezed orange juice
Cover of the book Too Good to Leave, Too Bad to Stay, by Mira Kirshebaum
Cover of the book Homage to Catalunya by George Orwell
Photo of three tacos and a frozen margarita
The cover of the book Finding George Orwell in Burma, by Emma Larkin
The cover of the book Walk Two Moons, by Sharon Creech
Roll safe, the smart guy meme
Cover of Becoming by Michelle Obama
A picture of a stray dog standing in the middle of the airport.
A picture of a very, very crooked wooden staircase
The cover of The Poisonwood Bible by Barbara Kingsolver
Cover of the Lonely Planet Argentina, with a photo of Iguazu Falls
Two hands each holding a chimney cake- a cinnamon roll with a spiral of vanilla ice cream on top and a spoon sticking out.
Cover of the book Tom's River by Dan Fagin
Photo of a salmon avocado toast and a mug of coffee, in a cute cafe.
Cover of the book Hatchet by Gary Paulsen
Air bnb review where the hosts asks if the guest is 'ok' and says she is not a 'normal person' and needs 'rehabilitation' because the host does not like that the guest left an honest review.
Cover of New York, the novel, by Edward Rutherfurd.
Close of up a light pink keyboard with Spanish markings, like ñ and ç