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...
Category: USA
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...
Vote as if your life – or the life of someone you know – depends on it
image credit: @libbyvanderploeg We’re a few days away from election day and I don’t know what I could say at this point that hasn’t been said. I am tired, I am sad, I am enraged,...