StoryST·103

Meeting at a Squamish day retreat

told by Tamir Barzilai

Tamir and Nev met at a day retreat in Squamish, British Columbia. A few weeks later she left on her own for the Balkans, a solo move into the depths that Tamir frames as walking through a portal.

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