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Look where the heck we are now.
Bethany Platanella 6/5/24 Bethany Platanella 6/5/24

Look where the heck we are now.

We know all about neck braces in this household.

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So fresh and so clean.
Bethany Platanella 6/5/24 Bethany Platanella 6/5/24

So fresh and so clean.

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Very organized markets and herbicide.
Bethany Platanella 6/5/24 Bethany Platanella 6/5/24

Very organized markets and herbicide.

Me and my guide. I don’t remember his name. I tried emailing him several times but it always bounced back. If you go to Laos, find him!

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The good thing about being a writer is…
Bethany Platanella 6/5/24 Bethany Platanella 6/5/24

The good thing about being a writer is…

Writing wherever.

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It didn’t last very long, as you can see.
Bethany Platanella 12/15/23 Bethany Platanella 12/15/23

It didn’t last very long, as you can see.

The Kethany years.

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The good thing about being a writer is…
Bethany Platanella 12/8/23 Bethany Platanella 12/8/23

The good thing about being a writer is…

Writing wherever.

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I hope you get into some mischief tonight..
Bethany Platanella 12/1/23 Bethany Platanella 12/1/23

I hope you get into some mischief tonight..

All the things they could have been. Alas, they were just an evening’s decor on a brand new car.

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Guess who else is overworked and underpaid.
Bethany Platanella 11/1/23 Bethany Platanella 11/1/23

Guess who else is overworked and underpaid.

I still wholly recommend checking out beautiful Bologna.

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Do you hear what I’m saying?
Bethany Platanella 10/25/23 Bethany Platanella 10/25/23

Do you hear what I’m saying?

I have been granted a direct, daily blessing from God.

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You can do this all while avoiding bird attacks.
Bethany Platanella 10/25/23 Bethany Platanella 10/25/23

You can do this all while avoiding bird attacks.

I’ve made it! I’m on a podcast!!

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Moon manifesting…SORRY…it doesn’t work.
Bethany Platanella 9/10/23 Bethany Platanella 9/10/23

Moon manifesting…SORRY…it doesn’t work.

She’s a beauty but the $1,000,000,000 I keep asking her for hasn’t appeared.

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It’s kind of a stupid, unanswerable question, isn’t it?
Bethany Platanella 9/3/23 Bethany Platanella 9/3/23

It’s kind of a stupid, unanswerable question, isn’t it?

There is no “right” way to do it outside of being as good a person as you can.

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What does a cactus wear to a business meeting?
Bethany Platanella 8/13/23 Bethany Platanella 8/13/23

What does a cactus wear to a business meeting?

Me, a 3,000 year old tree, and Carolina, who never fails to inspire logic. And adventure.

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I know what’s going to happen when I die.
Bethany Platanella 8/6/23 Bethany Platanella 8/6/23

I know what’s going to happen when I die.

“Every man dies – not every man really lives.” – William Ross Wallace

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Thanks for last night…
Bethany Platanella 7/30/23 Bethany Platanella 7/30/23

Thanks for last night…

Actual footage from a recent research project I conducted using You.com.

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How is it possible that we are eating right now?
Bethany Platanella 7/25/23 Bethany Platanella 7/25/23

How is it possible that we are eating right now?

There’s a lot going on here.

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I just love buying things.
Bethany Platanella 6/26/23 Bethany Platanella 6/26/23

I just love buying things.

Nothing better than sipping on some vino on a chilly afternoon in Milan.

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I’ve done it. I’ve dropped the “but”.
Bethany Platanella 6/19/23 Bethany Platanella 6/19/23

I’ve done it. I’ve dropped the “but”.

My first time in Berlin. 2010. Blackberry. Real camera. Paper maps. Taxis or trains. The real shit.

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But what I’ll never forget are the toilet seats.
Bethany Platanella 6/12/23 Bethany Platanella 6/12/23

But what I’ll never forget are the toilet seats.

Working in Cuba quickly proved itself one of the most difficult, joyful, incomprehensible yet irreplaceable experiences of my life.

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The one thing I will never ever do.
Bethany Platanella 6/5/23 Bethany Platanella 6/5/23

The one thing I will never ever do.

Me after yet another enlightening conversation about AI, over tequila. Still unsure, but willing to face the facts.

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