Dispatches from a Porch Swing

Dispatches from a Porch Swing

Dispatches from the Road

Onward

“I had plans.”

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Jen Deaderick
Mar 03, 2026
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When I was last in London, just a handful of weeks ago, I was told suddenly, by text, that I no longer had a home to return to.

I was sitting alone in a friend’s flat mulling over a productive Zoom meeting I had just had with a friend and writing coach, Joselin. We’d been discussing my book proposal and writing classes we might run together. I was feeli…

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