Hello December
And now it’s here: the last month of the year, month of all the holiday cheer, sparkling lights, candles, baking and coziness. Oh, how I have anticipated you. December is always a bit bitter-sweet, isn’t it?...
Category: about me
28: On who I am at the moment
I am… … bummed that I won’t be going home for Christmas… again. This will be third time not celebrating Christmas with my family. Two years ago, I thought it was a “one-time thing”,...
22: My official 1-year race-run-niversary
Today is my 1-year race-run-niversary. One year ago, I ran my first official race, the 10k at the Berkeley Half-Marathon Event, with my friend Susi. Like I said (many times) before, I never thought I’d...
1: Hello November. Wait, it’s NaBloPoMo.
So, it’s November and while I know that November always follows October, I feel like we’ve skipped a whole season or something. We went from pretty much summer temperatures to cold + rain in a...
The dreaded word: self- care
A little while back, my blog friend Stephany blogged about her self care routines. Self care is an important topic (I know too many people who tend to put everyone else’s well being first –...
Because you asked..
Last week, I wrote about my “California-versary”. I arrived in the US on 9/9/2001 and some of you made the razor-sharp observation that I arrived in the US two days prior to the 9/11 attacks...
15 years ago today
If you are new around here (and didn’t read the sidebar information carefully), you might have missed the fact that I am originally from Germany, but have lived in California for a long time now....
Hello September
I swear, it feels like I am writing these “welcome to a new month”-posts faster and faster. August is over and done with, a new month awaits. The year is literally flying by and I...