Necessary Trouble

Necessary Trouble

Wicked & Weeping

A CELEBRATED MUSICAL, A TRANSATLANTIC FLIGHT, ANOTHER LESSON IN GRIEF

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Ogun Holder
May 19, 2025
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The Portuguese immigration bureaucracy remains undefeated, so last week I found myself flying back across the Atlantic. I’m still processing how I feel about leaving my anchor partner, my lover, and a new take-my-breath-away-flying-high-on-NRE connection behind. Know me, I’ll probably write about it later, but for now, I’ll tell you how I made a few fol…

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