Life & Times
Life & TimesThe Worst Thing About Going on Vacation
…is coming back. thankfully we had the foresight to return on a friday night, which gave us an entire weekend to recover.
July 29, 2026 · 4 min read
Life & TimesBecause I Need a Coast to Keep Me in Line
i woke up friday morning far too early, as the sun was rising — but not to the sun, rather to the sound of seagulls. that morning, while leaving the apartment…
July 26, 2026 · 2 min read
Life & TimesYa girl is German
Yeah, you read that right. More specifically, I'm a dual citizen, so I'm American and German. What a journey it has been. I wrote my first entry on this blog…
October 6, 2025 · 4 min read
Life & TimesTrying this out, again
Dang. Has it really been three-and-a-half years since I last updated this blog? (Yes. Well, slightly longer. Whatever.) I think there was a point where writing…
January 12, 2025 · 2 min read
Life & TimesWork Anniversaries
LinkedIn has this feature where it tells your connections when you have a work anniversary. Because I'm a freelancer and have many clients, I find this to be…
July 6, 2021 · 4 min read
Life & TimesWe can do hard things
‘We can do hard things’ becomes my hourly life mantra. It is my affirmation that living life on life’s own absurd terms is hard. It isn’t hard because I’m weak…
June 16, 2021 · 5 min read
Life & TimesIt is the hollow month of March now sweeping in
So the first quarter of 2021 is already over and I kind of can't believe it. We all had our first "lockdown anniversaries," and for some people, things are…
April 14, 2021 · 2 min read
Life & TimesFebruary always finds you folding
Well, February flew by, like it does every year, and I'm still somewhat surprised, like I am every year. Even so, a lot happened during this month. I read 6…
March 9, 2021 · 3 min read
Life & TimesJanuary is endless, weary-eyed and forlorn
We made it through January! It didn't feel as though it lasted forever, though I know for some people it did, but it just sort of felt like plodding along.…
February 3, 2021 · 4 min read
Life & TimesNever Fit in, Never Give in, This Is the Life We Chose
Well, we made it through the last four years, and I'm sure I'm not the only one who, on Wednesday evening, exhaled so much of the stress and trauma and anger…
January 22, 2021 · 4 min read
Life & TimesOur Plans, Collapsing
If there's anything the first lockdown (March–June) taught me, it's that I need to have a plan. To be fair, it's not like there was much advance notice or a…
January 15, 2021 · 7 min read
Life & TimesI don't feel it half as much as you do
We’re back in a hard lockdown. Don’t get me started on how overdue it is, or how the German government squandered away our gains from the springtime, or how…
January 14, 2021 · 2 min read