TQE | That Queer Expatriate Expatriate, not ex-patriot: I'm a progressive liberal and queer American in Berlin, Germany. My roots in include 18 years in Denver, 6 in Laramie, Wyoming, 6 in Bloomington, Indiana, and 6 in Weimar, Germany. Sense a pattern? Don't want to leave a comment on this blog? Email scintillatingme at gmail.com, username "elmadaeu"
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I’m in Denver, briefly, visiting my family and seeing my Mom’s new house.
So far I haven’t made any accidental trips to the old house, my car has managed to find its way to the new address without error each and every time. I bet I head to the old house the next time [...]
The weather this week has been cool and rainy – and it will continue to be – except for today, when the temperature soared to 27C (80F), I left the office as early as I could and headed out to a park where I read a book and enjoyed the warm out doors.
And just [...]
As I imagine it, people are bored of me (and others) all bitching about the same thing pretty much continuously for the last few weeks: the lack of summer this summer here in Berlin
So when yesterday’s forecast had a big ball of flame on it, and it didn’t turn into clouds, I got excited [...]
Hot.
This has been a summer of extremes and not so many average days. Back in July a decent cause of my sleepless nights was the fact that people were sleeping and partying in the park across the street from where I was living. It got to a point where I was hoping for [...]
Sorry about my silence the last weekend, but the sun came out and, consequently, I went out. I’ve gone for a number of long walks out into the country side, and then in the evenings I’ve either been plum tuckered out, or, like last night, I went over to a friend’s place to hang out [...]
I’ve heard through the rumor mill that this German summer has been pretty cold, wet, and otherwise miserable.
Not so for me: if you’ll recall, when I was here for a week of meetings in July, it was a nice and toasty 38°C (100F, for the Celsius challenged). I pretty much spent the week sitting [...]
The subject of this post may be inappropriate for those under 18 (or the legal age of majority in your jurisdiction).
Personally, I doubt it, but just in case, this is a warning that mature subject matter follows, once you follow the jump.
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