On Sunday, I ran the 19th annual Urban Cow Half Marathon. If I am honest: I am still riding this post-race high. I can’t believe how perfect this race went for me. I hadn’t been...
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photo credit: Sincerely Media via Unsplash We’re rapidly approaching the two-year mark of the start of the pandemic (I measure it by the day we went into lockdown mode in California on March, 17) and...
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I am doing NaBloPoMo this month. 30 blog posts in 30 days. Come join me. #nablopomo2021 photo credit: @foxxmad via Unsplash. It’s been a while since I checked in here regarding the pandemic. I mean, what is...
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I just talked about my 20th California-versary a couple of weeks ago, and today I have to share another special day: the anniversary of the day when I met Jon. We met right around three weeks...
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photo credit: Alin Luna via Unsplash The CDC announced in May that fully vaccinated Americans no longer need to wear masks in most indoor settings. California is officially ending the Stay at Home Order and...
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Friends, I am F U L L Y V A C C I N A T E D. Well, technically I will be fully vaccinated in two weeks, but you know what I mean. I got...
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If there is anything that is worth a COVID 19-blogging update, it is this: I got my first dose of the COVID vaccine this week! I had told you already that Jon had gotten his...
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J and I had talked about an overnight trip for who knows how long. So a couple of weeks ago, we finally just said, enough, let’s go. Since it was going to be a hot...
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© earthquake.usgs.gov On Friday night, at 8:26 pm local time, California experienced its biggest earthquake in 20 years. M7.1 on the Richter Scale. The epicenter was in Ridgecrest in the Mojave Desert. I was sitting...
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Heather, who writes over at Heather goes to Deutschland, is an American now living in my home country Germany. She recently posted this Expat/Immigrant Survey and I thought this would be a nice way to...
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