Forest Notebooks

A mid-May Friday and Saturday in Madrid

San Isidro festivities, tolling bells, ancient wooden saints carried in streets, tapas, albarino and ribera, and gigantes

May 16 • Christiana White

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Why I'm leaving Spain. (Wait. Am I leaving Spain?)

(Why do I feel like I'm letting everyone down?)

May 14 • Christiana White

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Merienda, Mercado San Marcos, a Barnacle Dinner... and Las Mayas

Out and about in Madrid on a rainy May weekend

May 10 • Christiana White

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April 2026

A good day

A sort of nothing-day, tbh, but you know, a world in a grain of sand and all that

Apr 29 • Christiana White

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Nothing like a birthday party to pep one up

Feeling grateful for new friends, a gentle city, a blossoming heart

Apr 24 • Christiana White

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On becoming a real girl

Getting serious about doing the work

Apr 23 • Christiana White

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My one perfect life

On needing each other

Apr 11 • Christiana White

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Consumption

On fighting for my existence.

Apr 9 • Christiana White

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March 2026

I have to stop reading

I mean, reading the wrong things

Mar 31 • Christiana White

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I'll keep my marble

Turns out, I'm blessed

Mar 25 • Christiana White

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Baby Steps

Building a new life in the face of fear and uncertainty -- and in a foreign land to boot

Mar 4 • Christiana White

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February 2026

Two milestones, an Italian lunch, and a poetry class

My first medical visit in Spain, a step closer to legal residency, and two sweet events

Feb 11 • Christiana White

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