You know that hot flush of disgust when you're meticulously weighing your compost, then go downstairs and light a paraffin candle – three of them, actually – just because he’s gone and the smell is an anchor, something real, something you can CONTROL for once?
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I hide paraffin candles in the basement and light them when my husband is gone, because sometimes it feels like we just do what we're supposed to and lose ourselves to save the planet—or whatever—and… …

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