Year: 2025

11: Five quick takes

photo credit: @uns__nstudio via Unsplash END OF THE SHUTDOWN? The Senate has approved a continuing resolution to reopen the government and fund much of the government through Jan. 30. The U.S. House of Representatives still has to pass the legislation, and then Tr*mp has to sign it. The funding package...

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6: Thursday Coffee Chat

photo credit: @gaellemarcel via Unsplash Hi friends, let’s have a little coffee date today! I wish we could do this in person, but since we cannot, I’ll just pretend we’re out at a nice coffee shop. Maybe we’d even pick up a coffee-to-go and take a walk because it’s sunny and warm out...

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5: Halloween 2025

If you’ve read my blog for a while, you might remember that I am not a huge Halloween fan. I didn’t grow up celebrating Halloween (in Germany, November 1 – All Saints’ Day – is a national holiday, but we didn’t celebrate Halloween with costumes or trick-or-treating), and I am...

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