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In another age, we would have met for a latte at the local café to discuss art, literature, and life. Today, we bring the conversation to you through this blog, Tillism (Magic) طلسم , a conversation which will transport you to the magical words of literature from around the world. So make yourself a chai latte and join us by commenting on our blog posts.
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Mendocino: A Writer’s Creative Pilgrimage
I’m going to Mendocino, again. Finding Voice, Community, and the Story of Tara Each summer, I return to Mendocino. Not just to the town, but to the Mendocino Coast Writers Conference. It has become a pilgrimage, part craft, part community, and part creative renewal. I go for more than workshops. I go to hike along…
The Brave Choice: Staying Grounded in Grindelwald’s Heights
We had set out for the First Cliff Walk by Tissot, a metal walkway that clings to the mountainside and suspends visitors over a dizzying drop with panoramic views of the Eiger. It’s the kind of attraction made for Instagram—arms outstretched, smiles frozen over the void.
I wasn’t smiling.
Reading Brian in Bloomsbury
I bought Brian at the Brunswick Bookshop, a modest place in London. There it was—this slim blue book that promised to carry me through the city differently. Predictably, perhaps. Comfortingly so.
Brian’s life is full of chosen predictability: he walks the same lunch spot, the same streets, the same shadows. I liked that. I needed…
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