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“There’s some important, and vulnerable, personal information that I would like to share with you also because it might become evident in our professional/academic interactions and work.  As you probably know already, I use “they” pronouns because I identify as non-binary. What I’d like to share here is that I have recently started gender-affirming HRTContinue reading ““Hey coworkers, I’m on HRT!””

My weekend turned out much better than it had started on Saturday morning.  First of all, after writing my blog post, I went to one of my neighbors here, who is wonderfully kind and always encouraging me to stop by and say Hi to him & his wife, and told him very simply that IContinue reading “(Re)Assembling the pieces”

Loneliness and the lack of a regular pattern in human interactions or relationships are the biggest source, or trigger, of anxiety for me. And it’s been so my entire life — which is one of the reasons this blog is called “The Little Prince and the Fox”!  I have been consciously aware of this factContinue reading “Missing “The Little Prince and the Fox””

[Trigger warning: anxiety] This morning I had to go get fasting blood work done so I got up, took a quick cold shower (a new habit I’ve started this week and that seems to be helping how I feel), and then rode my motorcycle to the medical center. And back. All on an empty stomach. Continue reading “Small steps, big steps”

[Trigger warnings: mental health, neurodivergence, pandemic] I’ve often read and heard about mental health issues, or mental illness, affecting relationships, disrupting them, straining them, sometimes even completely tearing them apart.  It wasn’t until the pandemic and my own mental health issues, though, that I became fully aware of these impacts, also through my own personalContinue reading “Mental health and relationships”

…But I can also see things, or at least explain them to others, from the practical viewpoint: I had some wonderful, interesting experiences in California but then got to the point where there was no professional growth for me or no professional opportunities in the directions I wanted/needed and in ways that would be sustainableContinue reading “P.S.: The practical viewpoint”

Yesterday was the first day of classes at many colleges & universities, including the new one where I now work as well as the one where I used to teach in California. It was a gorgeous sunny day and I went on campus just for a few hours in the afternoon after a nice swimContinue reading “A basketful of feelings”

A few days after my emotional meltdown at his housewarming party last Saturday, my French climbing buddy invited me over for a quiet dinner at his place last night and I had a lovely evening with him, his girlfriend and two of their three housemates.  After eating dinner and sitting around the fire chatting allContinue reading “A new type of friendship”

When I was in California a month ago I met up with my climbing buddies for a nice outdoor session and then dinner there. They’re still close buddies for me and it was great seeing each other and catching up, and I was able to share with them my plans for top-surgery this upcoming winter.Continue reading ““Welcome to dude land””

I had a horrible dream last night. One of those dreams that is basically a nightmare: it wakes you up in the middle of the night and leaves such a deep impact on you that it still affects your mood and emotions when you get up the next morning.  It was in the context ofContinue reading “Horrible dream”