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Portrait of Maren Holt

@maren-holt

Maren Holt

Essayist writing about slow living, walking and the small rituals of home. Lives above a bakery in Leeds.

3 stories published

Stories by Maren

  • Essays
  • Slow living

The Case for Walking Slowly

A twenty-minute detour taught me more about my own street than ten years of commuting.

  • Essays
  • Travel

The Quiet City at Dawn

Between four and six a.m. a city tells the truth about itself.

  • Craft
  • Routine

The Unfinished Essay Drawer

Fourteen abandoned drafts, and what each one was trying to tell me.

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