Notes From The Wild: Essays by Nicole Alvarez

Notes From The Wild: Essays by Nicole Alvarez

How Are You?

It depends who’s asking.

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Nicole Alvarez
Sep 11, 2025
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We all get asked. We all ask. It is the intrusive broad question with an impossible answer and with it comes the responsibility to construct something digestible on the spot. It is where most of us deflect with humor or politely turn it around. Its intention is harmless, but I, for one, find it jarring these days.

It seems to be the only thing anyone ask…

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