Time Out in Malta
The timing of this post got turned upside down. I came back from Malta only three weeks ago and I meant to write about my trip soon afterwards. But my […]
2 Years in Germany
Gambling on Madrid and Valencia
A few weeks ago, I finally took a much-needed break. It was my first block of time off since I started my job in December of 2019. Even living in […]
The Love We Share: An American Expat Confronts Home from Afar (Part 1 of 2)
It is a difficult thing to be proud to be an American and to love my home right now. Because I am. And I do. From a continent, an ocean […]
Germany Votes to Extend Social Isolation Measures for Eternity
Germany: the one country on earth that is happier during Corona than before. This country loves social isolation, practicing it voluntarily as a rule. In my mandatory integration classes, we […]
Fear Is A Luxury
I was deemed an essential employee from the onset of the Corona panic. Military bases don’t close unless necessary. That is understandable, as many bases function as self-contained cities. For […]
Farewell
I woke up Sunday morning, March 1st to multiple missed Facebook Messenger calls. I knew what had happened without calling back. Grandpa had died. The entire family had been waiting […]
10 Lessons About Turning 40
The famous 1997 essay by Mary Schmich that was turned into a cult song by Baz Luhrman is hard to top for dispensing wisdom about getting older. But allow me […]
Babylon Berlin
The minute I stepped off the train in busy, dirty, loud, 24-hour, overwhelming Berlin, I immediately felt relief. The history, the architecture, the art, VEGAN food and beer that actually […]
Where and What Is Home?
The first trip back to your home country after living abroad is both a dive back into the familiar and a jarring sense of waking from a very long dream. […]
