Home is where you are

I just got back from a two week vacation in the US, where I visited my family in SC and friends in Baltimore and Philly. And while the people make it feel like home, I find that I relate less and less to an American lifestyle–and that American things have become almost like novelties. When […]

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America! and snacks.

I left Frankfurt this morning, but not without snapping a pic of one of the German political magazines. I touched down in the U.S.A. and already felt the wrath of US Customs and Border Patrol. I fessed up to having a half a banana, so my passport was locked in a plastic case, which I […]

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A wedding, a baby and a birthday

America. I had a (what is becoming typical) whirlwind trip to home–packed tight with friends, love, travel, food. The original purpose of the trip was my dear friend (and original #spiritsunday co-founder) Brenda’s wedding. Brenda met her now husband Luis at almost exactly the same time I moved to Germany. It’s funny how our lives […]

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