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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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 in multiple states, and here in California, we’re voting on Prop 50, which proposes temporary...
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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 time and they’ve just been the distraction that I needed. I am planning to share...
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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 am convinced it has always been purely stress-related. Of course, it’s because of what day...
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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 that possible? Why is Tr*mp allowed to be president again? How was he allowed to...
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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 will be ok. He did call me and said these words but they sounded hollow....
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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 of us feel today, on Election Day 2024. I ran through my neighborhood this morning...
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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, and I need you all to go out and vote if you haven’t already. I...
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