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What I've Written Since Having a Baby
January 25, 2023
Five (long) emails about the baby (featuring photos) so that friends and family can follow along as she grows and changes. These monthly emails are more an...
Mutterschutz
May 16, 2022
Like so many German words, "Mutterschutz" is a decently literal compound word, made up of "Mutter" (mother) and "Schutz" (protection). Mother-protection is...
A Completely Comprehensive and Totally Unbiased Introduction to Romance (the genre) (Part 3)
April 27, 2022
In Part 1 of this newsletter series, I talked about why I love the romance genre so much and in Part 2, I recommended some specific authors and books. I...
A Preview of Tomorrow's Newsletter...
April 26, 2022
Hi friends! This morning, I started working on Part 3 of my Completely Comprehensive and Totally Unbiased Introduction to Romance series, but I wasn't able...
Things I Did Today Instead of Write This Newsletter
April 25, 2022
Y'all, I opened a browser tab to start writing this newsletter over an hour ago, but I just can't think of anything I feel like writing about. I'm not in a...
Letting Myself and Other People Like Stuff
April 21, 2022
There's a woman I went to high school with, but wasn't friends with, whose social media I check regularly. E has never met this person, but knows who she is...
Comfort Speaking German (Part 2)
April 20, 2022
After five days in French-speaking Europe, we found ourselves in Luxembourg, where the official national language is Luxembourgish, and French and German are...
Comfort Speaking German (Part 1)
April 19, 2022
I'm not especially extroverted. I don't like talking to strangers and I tend to get very uncomfortable and embarrassed when I'm in public and I can't figure...
Counting Countries
April 14, 2022
I feel like people who travel a lot tend to say they don't 'count countries,' meaning they don't keep track of the number of countries they've visited....
Filling Our Home with Books!
April 13, 2022
Over the weekend, E and I went on a book buying spree. We mostly read library books that we borrow from the Boston Public Library system in the form of...
This Pregnancy is Kicking My Butt
April 12, 2022
I'm just so tired, y'all. Traveling, specifically road tripping, was really great because it has a particular rhythm to it. We spent two nights in Brussels...
Dead Parents Club
April 11, 2022
E and I got back from our vacation last Wednesday; it was a great trip and I'll probably write about it at some point this week or next. I also plan to...
A Completely Comprehensive and Totally Unbiased Introduction to Romance (the genre) (Part 2)
March 24, 2022
In yesterday's newsletter, I convinced you that romance is a great book genre and that it's totally worth your time. Today I want to share some of my...
A Completely Comprehensive and Totally Unbiased Introduction to Romance (the genre) (Part 1)
March 23, 2022
Since summer 2018, when I started unironically reading romance, I have read over 100 romance novels by 43 different authors. So you could say I have a...
Desirability
March 22, 2022
A few years ago, I don't remember when exactly, a friend told me he was worried he was 'moving away from desirability.' His gender presentation was shifting...
Sonnenschein
March 21, 2022
Spring definitely arrived in Berlin this month. The days have already gotten so much longer and it has been sunny more often than not, which is a nice change...
Writing Prompts
March 17, 2022
I put off writing the newsletter this morning because I wasn't sure what to write about. Every other day this week I've had a specific, concrete topic in...
Worldle
March 16, 2022
When I first tried Wordle, I didn't like it. The answer to one of the first puzzles I tried was "abbey" and I was very annoyed by the double letter, which I...
Abortion Rights
March 15, 2022
I didn't think it was possible, but being pregnant has made me even more pro-choice/pro-abortion than I already was. Maybe in the past you've heard pro-...
My Dad's Birthday
March 14, 2022
This past Saturday (March 12th) would have been my dad's 69th birthday. I've been thinking about my dad more often lately, mostly because of the pregnancy....
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