Bess Fairfield
@bessfairfield.bsky.social
Alaskan currently in Libreville, Gabon. Telling all about it at https://open.substack.com/pub/bessfairfield?r=2a29g7&utm_medium=ios
Eat the food and stop hating yourself, please.
Butt, Belly, Boobs
What was I so afraid of all those years?
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June 5, 2025 at 12:15 PM
Eat the food and stop hating yourself, please.
Meanwhile, there’s an election in Gabon tomorrow and we have been without water for 12+ hours. I have some thoughts (not yet fully formed) about how living somewhere without reliable power and water has made me an excellent housekeeper (I was pretty okay to begin with).
Onward Assignment
A week into R&R, we got the news of Nate’s onward assignment: Kyiv.
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April 11, 2025 at 8:52 AM
Meanwhile, there’s an election in Gabon tomorrow and we have been without water for 12+ hours. I have some thoughts (not yet fully formed) about how living somewhere without reliable power and water has made me an excellent housekeeper (I was pretty okay to begin with).
After 50, you’re kinda sick of everyone’s shit, including your own:
Doing Good 5/7
Writing Groups Can Be Messy: A Story About a Time I was Definitely the Asshole
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February 25, 2025 at 2:09 PM
After 50, you’re kinda sick of everyone’s shit, including your own:
The diplomatic life is not as glamorous as it is on t.v., not even close. It’s really hard work, often lonely, in conditions many, most, probably, Americans would find unacceptable.
Doing Good 4/7
Do You Know What Diplomats Do? I Didn’t.
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February 15, 2025 at 12:57 PM
The diplomatic life is not as glamorous as it is on t.v., not even close. It’s really hard work, often lonely, in conditions many, most, probably, Americans would find unacceptable.
Roses, kisses, kicks to the groin
Doing Good
A Story About Things I Hate, in Seven Parts
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January 10, 2025 at 8:08 AM
Roses, kisses, kicks to the groin
Reposted by Bess Fairfield
MIT announced that it would eliminate tuition costs next fall for all undergraduate students whose families earn less than $200,000 per year — following a national movement to try to make higher education more accessible. nyti.ms/3V6GVia
November 22, 2024 at 3:58 AM
MIT announced that it would eliminate tuition costs next fall for all undergraduate students whose families earn less than $200,000 per year — following a national movement to try to make higher education more accessible. nyti.ms/3V6GVia
This week’s (free) post is about masks, Marines, and MMIW.
The Cognitive Dissonance of Being American
Last Saturday evening, Nate served as a monitor for Gabon’s referendum vote regarding their new constitution; he went out with other officers and embassy staff to observe votes being counted, tallied,...
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November 22, 2024 at 9:16 AM
This week’s (free) post is about masks, Marines, and MMIW.
We are not United States.
The Things We Carry
Welcome to America. Now Speak Cherokee.
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November 14, 2024 at 8:11 AM
We are not United States.