The things you own.
Being constantly on the move for the past 29 years has allowed me to reflect on this concept quite often. Every time I have to pack up my things and move them across the state,…
Tag: transition
Dread Update, Week 3
BIG NEWS!!! I grew a Nikola shaped dread, like, overnight!!! No, but in reality there is still not a whole lot going on up there. You may think it is getting a whole lot messier…
A different city
Maybe it is just the summer time creeping in on alternating hot and cold sea breezes that carve out the space around the channel with freshness. Maybe it is just the finally shining sun that…
Dread Update: week 3
So my dreads aren’t doing anything particularly interesting this week. Little chunks of hair are starting to separate out at the roots, and that is kinda exciting, and I have some messy crazy loops forming,…
Debating Locks
Once upon a time I had dreadlocks. The story of my locks went something like this: On a motorcycle trip across the Western states I stopped in the middle of the rockies to see a…
Out on the French Countryside
One of the main issues that Nikola and I have encountered since the beginning of our relationship has been the question of where we will live. Originally this was more of a non-question as he…
The Passport- Making of an Expat, Part II
Despite my father being in the military I did not travel abroad as a child. His last lengthy stay away from home was on the USS Nimitz during my mother’s pregnancy with me. Following that…
The Essay— The Making of an Expat Part I
Discovering that you’re an expat is a little how I imagine “discovering” you are gay might be. For the first portion of your life it doesn’t really have any context to come up in. Sure,…
Fight and Trust
Trust. Dedication. These are things that I thought that I understood over the years, and of course I understood bits and pieces, but now… Wowsa! Now I feel like I have the whole thing. Nikola…
Real Life Friends
Since moving to Istanbul the whole friendship thing has been a little rough. I have had patches of this, off and on, for my entire life. When you are a kid making friends is easy…