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Katherine's avatar

this touched me. what a beautiful ode to summer. as someone who never feels as if they've quite mastered summer, you remind me that summer is and will always be. thank you.

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Julianna's avatar

This means so much 🫶🏼 thank you

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Amy Baumgarten's avatar

You captured the essence of a packed subway very well!!!! I enjoyed this one 🥰

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Julianna's avatar

Thank you haha there’s nothing quite like it

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Morgan Locandro's avatar

An excellent prose poem/ meditation. I’d love to share with my students.

Thank you, peace

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Julianna's avatar

I’m honored! Thank you so much

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Angelina Hazzouri's avatar

this is so good. absolutely delicious

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Julianna's avatar

🫶🏼🤍 means the most

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jonie ✶⋆.'s avatar

so so so so so lovely. summer forever. 🌞

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Witchsmith's avatar

I'm new to substack and Just finding my feet here as a writer.You write beautifully and capture summer in the city so well and how we have to make an effort to engage with it as we spend so much time inside in the modern world.I think I've discovered literally treasure here in substack land.Bright blessings.May the sun continue to shine on you and may you always never run out of sunscreen.

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Julianna's avatar

Thank you for the blessing 🫶🏼

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whitney sol's avatar

loved this piece- you perfectly caught how the atmosphere of an nyc summer is complicated but beautiful

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Grace Van Vranken's avatar

I love your writing!

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The Dilly Dally Dispatch's avatar

I enjoyed this so much! 🥹❤️

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Jennie Ross's avatar

So beautiful 🥹💘🥲

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Julianna's avatar

Thank you 😘

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Jenna's avatar

Gorgeous writing!

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Taja Echelle's avatar

this is a beautiful write.

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Brittany Felton's avatar

What a gorgeous read. Big sigh. Thank you!

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Julianna's avatar

big sigh is exactly it 🐝 thank you!

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four frames's avatar

lovely writing. as someone who has been working a corporate job this summer, i feel as though i’ve wasted the final breaths of summer, but your writing reminded me it’s the small things that make summer sweet:)

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