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Life & Times"One More Day We've Made It Through Now"
So we've survived the first two days of our self isolation. We did go "out" a couple times: yesterday, M. and B. went into our backyard and played for about an…
March 14, 2020 · 5 min read
Life & TimesLove in the Time of Corona
On Wednesday night, my partner and I sat down and had a discussion about how to proceed with COVID-19 spreading into our community. We both wanted to…
March 13, 2020 · 3 min read
Life & Times"You'll Get It Right Sometime. You Will."
I'm no stranger to therapy. The first time I went to therapy was when I was 14/15. I had just moved to a new city a few hours away from where I'd lived my…
February 1, 2020 · 12 min read
Life & TimesI've Got No Solutions
New year, new goals. I'm keeping it simple, for the most part. A couple of these things will entail active learning, but the others are more habits that I want…
January 3, 2020 · 7 min read
Life & TimesTry to Remember, Forget
Fourteen years ago (12/31/05), I married someone. Let's call him S. It was the morning of New Year's Eve. Huge storms that weekend led to flooding, resulting…
December 30, 2019 · 4 min read
Life & TimesStriking Season
It's strike season in Berlin. All the unions are renegotiating their contracts, and we all know how that tends to go, especially in a city like Berlin, where…
February 27, 2019 · 2 min read
Life & TimesA Coffee Date and Some Sunshine
Late last month I met up with Chris and Florian at a Neukölln coffeeshop for the first time in far too long. The last time we were all together was before…
February 12, 2019 · 2 min read
Life & TimesDon't Call It A Comeback
I keep telling myself I want to write more, but I am so so busy, and then when I do actually find time to write, I feel as though I have nothing to say, or at…
February 11, 2019 · 1 min read
Life & TimesBerliner Weihnachtszeit am Rotes Rathaus
As someone who loves Christmas, strangely enough, I don't love Christmas markets all that much. Why? Well, it's a combination of the mix of crowds, the many…
December 27, 2018 · 2 min read
Life & TimesSchöneberger Kürbisfest
This weekend was the annual Schöneberger Kürbisfest, which is a pumpkin festival in name, but it's really just an excuse to have a street market. These things…
October 7, 2018 · 2 min read
Life & TimesFarewell, Summer
This was a summer that felt like it would last forever. Even though it always starts to get cool in Berlin around the second weekend of September, I think the…
September 27, 2018 · 2 min read
Life & TimesMorning Walk
Most mornings it works like this: we all wake up around 7 (still far too early for me; I don't think I will ever get used to waking up before 9), I get B.…
June 27, 2018 · 2 min read