Coco’s Newsletter

When I bought rice and eggs for a girl on the street of Kathmandu

Where the primary reason for travel is to give

Sep 1 • 

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July 2025

My favorite, untranslatable words: English vs Chinese

Value systems from the east and the west

Jul 30 • 

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June 2025

My great-grandfather’s statue in China.

In search of my ancestral roots

Jun 24 • 

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May 2025

Community is less about the who, and more about the where and how

The times we feel full from a conversation meal

May 30 • 

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April 2025

Helsinki, the Midnight Sky

Nordic impressions, embracing the impermanence of experiences

Apr 30 • 

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March 2025

A space dedicated to the meeting of strangers

On refinding my why

Mar 31 • 

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February 2025

China’s past and future, a celadon cup from the Song dynasty

On unearthing the past to find who we are

Feb 23 • 

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The unique spatial patterns of Rio de Janeiro: on topography, spontaneous architecture, and fashion

And why we’d cheat with a Brazilian

Feb 1 • 

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December 2024

An eleven year journal, on crossing thresholds in life

A non-linear journey in the making

Dec 20, 2024 • 

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November 2024

Story from a little Mayan village

A lesson from soft maíz tortillas and scrambled eggs that I’ll never forget.

Nov 28, 2024 • 

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No more bad first dates. 5 radical ideas for modern online dating

On finding agency in dating.

Nov 13, 2024 • 

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Slow spaces for conversation

My story for building spaces where conversations are not just good, but great.

Nov 1, 2024 • 

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