25 YEARS
This week marks my 25th California-versary. I arrived in California as an exchange student on September 9, 2001. Two days before 9/11. Most people share where they were and what they were doing on September,11...
Category: USA
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...
4: Five reasons to vote
While I was out on my run last weekend, I came across this Halloween decoration at a house that I remembered from a previous election year, just with a slightly different message. Today is election day...
Wednesday Coffee Chat
photo credit: @gaellemarcel via Unsplash Hi friends. It’s time for a little life update. My parents were here for (almost) three weeks! That’s the only news I really want to share. They couldn’t have come at a better...
Deep breath
photo credit: @kazmirova via Unsplash I woke up with chest pressure today, and it was not a residual from being sick last week. I haven’t had this kind of chest pressure in a while. I...
13: Wednesday Coffee Chat
photo credit: @gaellemarcel via Unsplash It’s been a week. Literally and figuratively. I am writing straight from the heart today. I honestly have not completely processed the outcome of the election. I keep thinking to myself “How is...
6: Only nauseous
I spent twelve hours with colleagues at a work conference today. Here I am, five hours away from home, when all I really want is a hug from Jon and him telling me that it...
5: Nauseouly optimistic
I’ve seen this phrase on social media a few times in the last couple of days and whoever said it first (I think it was Robert Reich during the 2020 election) perfectly captured how many...