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    Tell Me Why: A Cold Case Nobody Asked Me To Solve

    July 23, 2026 /No Comments

    He was the subject of my limerence. The greeting he invented is gone, and months later I am still building a case file on why. Closing chapter to this particular series.

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    Absence Makes the Hatred Grow Stronger

    July 20, 2026 /No Comments

    On the particular exhaustion of being back in your mother's hometown, and why some daughters don't miss the phone call.

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    I’m Gonna Wash That Limerence Outta My Hair

    July 19, 2026 /No Comments

    Exposure therapy, not willpower, ended a months-long fixation. The verdict on what happens when mystery meets forced proximity.

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    With Neighbors Like These, Who Needs Enemies

    July 18, 2026 /No Comments

    A neighbor tries the fake-storytelling playbook to change my no to a yes. She's an amateur going up against someone with an advanced degree in this.

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    Rest In Peace, And Other Lies They Tell

    July 17, 2026 /No Comments

    A woman dies in the Colonia, and the neighborhood suddenly remembers her fondly. I don't. Some truths don't get nicer just because someone stopped breathing.

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