Let it be.
Posted in Deep Thoughts on Apr 27th, 2008 4 Comments »
Everything works out the way it’s meant to… everything works out the way it’s meant to… everything works out the way it’s meant to.
My new mantra.
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The Tao of Syd.
Posted in Deep Thoughts, Picture It on Apr 13th, 2008 7 Comments »
Sydney and I have a tradition. For each new book I start (which is often), Sydney makes a brand new bookmark for me. Some are fancy glittery, bedazzled affairs… others are inspired by whatever she happened to be watching that day, and then there are some that sort of defy categorization. Take […]
A trip of three on the teeth: Lo. Lee. Ta.
Posted in Critic's Corner, Deep Thoughts on Apr 9th, 2008 12 Comments »
I’m not really sure why it’s taken me so long to read Lolita by Vladimir Nabokov. Perhaps the subject matter? I’m sure it didn’t help. Also I had a particularly obnoxious professor who felt it her duty to remind us weekly that Nabokov was the best thing since sliced bread. I […]
What’s your favorite movie?
Posted in Deep Thoughts, Same Shit, Different Day on Mar 28th, 2008 19 Comments »
That’s the question I was asked last week and it’s taken me almost 6 days to come up with an answer. Seriously, can most people just shoot this information off automatically? Can you?
Personally I dread these kinds of questions… they’re so finite. I couldn’t instantly tell you my favorite book (although I could […]
Sidestepping gloom.
Posted in Deep Thoughts, Same Shit, Different Day on Mar 25th, 2008 3 Comments »
Now that we’re back from Hamburg it’s officially the worst part of the year for me. From April to mid-June there’s a loooong stretch of nothingness. No breaks for the kiddos means no traveling for us. Nothing exciting happening. No big plans being made; just long days of more of the […]
Chronicles - pt. 1
Posted in Deep Thoughts on Mar 10th, 2008 9 Comments »
I’ve got so many writing projects happening simultaneously that sometimes I just get… jammed. When this happens I try to subscribe to Hemingway’s stellar advice on writer’s block: ‘all you have to do is write one true sentence’
Since nothing is truer than your own story, I’ve decided to stitch together mine one writer’s […]
Introspection.
Posted in Deep Thoughts, Same Shit, Different Day on Feb 22nd, 2008 6 Comments »
Why do I always feel people are mocking me when they’re complimentary, yet impartial & fair when they’re critical?
Example:
Random email #1: Dear B., I love your blog! You are funny and make me want to move to Germany. I look forward to each new post, so please don’t ever stop blogging!
Me: What a grade-a […]
The waiting is the hardest part.
Posted in Deep Thoughts, Expat Antics: Life in Germany on Feb 13th, 2008 9 Comments »
Sadly we’re already back from our all-too-short stay in Vienna (more on that to come). We’d planned to hang around for a week, but after procrastinating for months on some diagnostic testing for my thyroid, it was time to pay the piper. So this morning I arrived bright & early at the nuklearmedizin […]
Calm before the storm.
Posted in Deep Thoughts, Wanderlust on Feb 6th, 2008 5 Comments »
Tomorrow afternoon we leave for Vienna and, honestly, I can’t wait. Behind the scenes at chez eurotrippen there’s a strong sense of change in the air. Undeniable, inescapable change on many fronts- all happening at once. And as is always the case when I’m faced with major metamorphosis, I meet it with […]
Done deal.
Posted in Deep Thoughts, Expat Antics: Life in Germany on Feb 5th, 2008 6 Comments »
My vote in the 2008 presidential primary is officially cast. From the comfort of my home. Over the internet… from another country. How cool is that?? And while my vote went to Barack Obama, of the two serious contenders, I’d honestly be proud to have either candidate representing my party. Hillary […]
