Will and I had drinks in the bar at the top of Smith Tower about two weeks after Russia invaded Ukraine. Looking out over Seattle from this vantage point, I couldn’t help but wonder how devastating that experience would be if it were happening to my city.

If I Were Ukrainian.

Callie Neylan
3 min readApr 3, 2022

Bourbon passed my lips and warmed my chest as I looked down across the Emerald City at night and wondered what…

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Callie Neylan

Emoting, frustrated human. Two sourdough starters in fridge. I don’t write nearly as much as I want to. / @neylano