Talia DeMello is a writer based in San Diego, California. She’s contributed to publications like ALEIM, Addiction Surf Magazine, and Blue Tuesday—a newsletter to a curated audience. Her writing highlights the rich beat of life, and that good stories are all around us.

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“When I walk without a camera, my own shutter opens, and the moment’s light prints on my own silver gut. When I see this way I am above all an unscrupulous observer.”

—Annie Dillard