My wife shared a story last night over dinner about her friend who’d recently bought his wife a new car, borrowed it to…
Today was one of the most ideal, lovely weather days one can hope for in late summer/early…
Yesterday, I was lucky enough to go with my brother and my son to New York Jets Opening Day. It was my son’s first time to a football game and for my brother and I, it is a bit of a tradition to go to the home opener. Yesterday’s Opening Day also happened to coincide with the 15th anniversary of…
I have never really felt part of a group; I have always stood apart. I am not antisocial and have no trouble with…
Has your life ever been going in a certain direction...
BY NICOLE CAYER
It’s 10pm, I am on my bed, alone.
As always I wait until the evening to write. I had time today, it has been a while it didn’t happen. Yet, I waited until just before I sleep so I have to diminish my rest time to write.
Having built three new homes myself and worked on numerous others as well as having renovated dozens of homes “beyond the studs” I have yet to decide which I like better, new construction of renovation. Truth be told I adhere to an old proverb that “you never wrestle with a pig…
Normal is THE word I used to hate.
Normal is THE word I used to use on a daily basis.
At some point in my life I realized there’s no objective definition to anything.
This past week has been filled with ups and downs.
It’s like being in a roller coaster. You have a mix feeling of excitement paired with fear while the ride’s taking you higher and higher. Once you’re at the peak, you have little to no time to…
I’m often considered the oddball in my family and extended family in general. This is largely because I don’t like being around people, and I largely shut down conservative (often patriarchal and misogynistic) bullshit that my aunts try to feed me. I have a lot of male…
A few days ago I wrote about how it’s amazing how we adapt to things. I want to follow that theme today.
Having spent all of my formative years in the UK I moved to Kuala Lumpur at the beginning of 2007 when I was in my…
Our kids go to the local “inner city” school here in the southern German city we live in. Most kids have parents who come from Turkey, Greece, Afghanistan, Italy, China, Vietnam/Laos, India, etc. A sizeable amount of the world’s children are on display at our school…
