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Sky Burton

Sky Burton

The Oracle of Salerno

The Oracle of Salerno

His pink shorts alone were a statement—bold, unapologetic. He didn’t speak a word of English but carried on full conversations with us using Google Translate, which somehow made every exchange sound simultaneously robotic and sultry.

Are soulmates real? When soulmates aren't.

The Break Up: When the Soulmate Shit Doesn’t Work

Day after day he left sweet messages on my phone, notes on my pillow and said that nothing was right before I came into his life. But as good things do and time and circumstance swirl up the dirt at our feet, a thing happened.

Photo by Outward Bound Costa Rica / Unsplash

Lessons from a Hike in Costa Rica

The view was pure rainforest: a lush, tangled wilderness so dense with trees and vines you couldn't see more than five feet into it. This was the kind of place that swallows paths whole within days and casually hosts snakes that would strongly prefer you visit elsewhere.