Today I’m standing in the open doorway, the sea impossibly blue. And still, the world is at war. This is about how I try to stay reachable—to grief, to complexity, to other people—without hardening.
Ellen Barone is an American writer and wanderer. After 15 years as an independent content creator for travel and tourism, she has been enjoying extended stays abroad for the past decade, the inspiration behind her travel memoir, "I Could Live Here" (November 2023)