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It’s been one of those BIG days. An intense day and in some ways a day to celebrate.  Today I cast my first Coloradan vote! Which to me feels like a HUGE step towards making Colorado my new “real home”, at least for the time being.  Since moving to the U.S. from Europe in 2016,Continue reading “First times in Colorado”

Was is Coleridge who compared grief (or guilt?) to a dead albatross hanging around his neck?  In the past couple weeks at my new place I’ve been experiencing renewed asthma symptoms probably triggered by allergens (NOTE: I had never had asthma in my life until after getting sick with COVID in 2020 — I wasContinue reading “Heavy on my chest”

We’re getting the first snow of the season! And I’m going for my second tattoo consultation today! I’m so excited about both! (Funny — it was snowing also when I went for my first tattoo consultation.)  Getting these tattoos, that are actually from my own drawings, is another part of creating myself, and it feelsContinue reading “First snow & second tattoo”

In my therapy session yesterday, I told my counselor that I had finally decided to let go of a situation that belongs to the past — not only “decided” with my head but also, and foremost, “decided” with my heart.  And their response was, “You seem to be so in sync with the season, withContinue reading “(Re)birth — Shedding“

I’ve been in Colorado for nine months, to the day.  Nine months. A (re)birth.  This isn’t the first time I’m feeling reborn. I remember a wonderful, joyful feeling of rebirth six years ago, for my first birthday in California, which was a little more than nine months after my move from Europe to California.  ThisContinue reading “(Re)birth — Official approval of legal name change“

The more I think about it, the more I feel into it, the more I just live, and the more I agree and resonate with that anonymous quote “Life isn’t about finding ourselves  Life is about creating ourselves”. I really do believe, I really do feel, that life is about creating ourselves. And today IContinue reading “Another step towards creating myself!”

As I try, for the hundredth time, to set some clear boundaries that I truly need with a person with whom there is a complicated relationship on multiple tricky levels, “Life, to me, is not that simple” is the response I get from this straight, monogamous, heteronormative, white cis-man who’s spent his entire life inContinue reading ““Life, to me, is not that simple””

Almost one full month into autumn, I’m still fascinated by and reveling in the gorgeous colors and glorious weather of this season here in Colorado. And trying to let the riot of colors on the outside echo the one inside me.  Finalizing my move over the past ten days or, at least, getting all myContinue reading “Autumn: Riot of colors”

Four weeks into official autumn… My first autumn in Colorado, and it’s really beautiful here!  I’ve missed such a colorful autumn — sitting outside one can actually hear the leaves falling off the trees!

For months now since having moved to Colorado I’ve often felt that I’ve been given, and that I’m living, a “golden moment”. A wonderful “second opportunity” in so many aspects of my life, both professionally and personally.  The words “golden moment” and the quote “Life isn’t about finding ourselves; Life is about creating ourselves”  keepContinue reading “Golden moment: creating myself”