Adriana PalancainWhat We InheritOn love, part 2“Why are you choosing violence today?”, is a phrase I frequently sang-uttered to myself last winter. Sitting in the car, fingers ice cold…·5 min read·Nov 4, 2022----
Adriana PalancaYour new relationship with timeI have never, in my life, heard so much talk about washing dishes.·4 min read·Apr 13, 2020--1--1
Adriana PalancainHuman PartsI’m the Only One in My Family Who Can’t See GhostsAs the youngest in a family of witches, I interpret the world my own way·5 min read·Jan 3, 2020--16--16
Adriana PalancainWhat We InheritWhat I have learned about loveIf you learn your first lessons about love from your parents, then my first lesson was that it was a burden. An unwieldy thing that…4 min read·Oct 20, 2019--1--1
Adriana Palanca2019: The year I didn’tTo all appearances, I have had a busy but unremarkable year.3 min read·Oct 8, 2019--2--2
Adriana PalancaLongingIt was sparked in 1998. That spring, I backpacked around England, Ireland and Scotland with a friend and then took a connecting flight to…4 min read·Jul 12, 2019--1--1
Adriana PalancainWhat We InheritOn beautyWhen I was a child, I didn’t understand that my mother was a beauty. I only saw her eyes, perpetually dark with fatigue, only heard her…6 min read·Dec 30, 2018--2--2
Adriana PalancaBend, compromise, try not to breakA feeling slams into me every now and again. Usually when I am walking home from the office on a Friday evening, my arms and shoulders…·6 min read·Nov 5, 2018--2--2
Adriana PalancaGuiltSo that thing about Italian mothers and guilt is true. If you understand anything about Catholicism, this shouldn’t come as a surprise…4 min read·Oct 4, 2018--1--1
Adriana PalancaYour name is a signMy name, the syllables that I have known the longest, other than mama, speaks of my yearning every day. If nomen est omen — if the name is…3 min read·Aug 28, 2018--1--1