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I’ve visited New Zealand twice. Once.
Both visits were part of my 2015 around the world adventure – before and after Samoa and American Samoa. It depends how you count “visit” – the first was 7 hours, the second was 25.5 hours. I could look it up, but I am too lazy to do […]
This book is not the first copy of this book that I’ve owned.
The first copy of this book I got in either kindergarten or first grade – I would guess kindergarten, but logically it feels more like first grade.
It was free, a gift from RIF – Reading Is Fundamental – a program […]
I bought this hat from a shop in Laramie, Wyoming. I have no idea how long ago, how much, or which shop.
The shop did have a small selection of goods made from buffalo wool, including coasters, which I keep in my living room. The hat was also there. Given the difficulties of obtaining […]
This is the other bottle of whisk(e)y that I bought while in New York City last Christmas (see: 97, Bull Head Bourbon).
Distilled in New York City – Brooklyn (King County) to be precise – Kings County Distillery is, apparently, the oldest (and largest) distillery open within the city limits: it was established in […]
I sent myself this postcard from Baltasound – writing it while at the Baltasound Hotel Restaurant on May 30, 2013.
This is the best smelling restaurant I’ve been in in years – O.M.G. The first day in the Shetland Islands – Unst – Many Shetland Ponies seen. Lots of sheep/lambs. Amazing scenery – plus […]
I acquired this hat on August 8, 2018, while attending University of Wyoming Night at the Colorado Rockies – hence it has Steamboat (the bucking horse) and his rider in Colorado Rockies colors and “Go Pokes” embroidered down the side. A tasteful CR logo adorns the back.
The game was against the Pittsburgh Pirates […]
The artplate displayed – as it is both a magnificent piece of art and a plate one can dine off of – is drawn by one of the 20th century’s greatest unknown artists.
Me.
Apparently, it was a thing to give children markers and tell them to draw, turning the resulting thing into a […]
I’m not really a cologne person – or as one of my friends calls perfumes and colognes, “smells.”
This bottle of tommy is one of three smells that I own – and I rarely wear it.
But when I smell it, it takes me back to the first time.
He wore it.
Consequently, for […]
My vacation to Armenia in 2006 was, for me, transformative in many ways.
It was not an easy vacation – I did not (and still do not) speak Armenian or Russian. I also could not read the signs – the Armenian alphabet is unique and hard to puzzle out.
While there, I picked up […]
Last fall I took a week off to explore and hike throughout The Gaspésie peninsula of Québec, Canada.
I extolled the virtues of my vacation last November – about a month after I got home. Even now, some 9 months after I was there, I miss that particular trip. My analysis of it in […]
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TQE : That Queer Expatriate I'm an American living in Berlin, Germany -- which makes me an expatriate, not an ex-patriot. Before landing in Germany, I've lived in Denver, Colorado; Laramie, Wyoming; Bloomington, Indiana; and Weimar, Germany. If you want to write to me, feel free! The username is elmadaeu on the gmail.com service.
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