Last Friday I got a message from Lauren who has the wonderful blog “The helpful hiker”. She gave me the inspiration to one of my weekly rambles and I’ve been enjoying to read about her outdoor adventures in England. She...
Blogging University, Day 11 The Daily Post Today I’m supposed to learn to work with outside inspiration so I never have to deal with blogger’s block. For that WordPress offers a daily writing prompt to give you a push when you’re...
John Nicholas Trail Again my ramble was not a walk and talk, but a ride & talk. In fact, it was my first mountain bike ride ever. I can hardly believe that’s true, but it is. I’ve been a recreational cyclist...
To my friend Blogging University, Day 4 Today I’m supposed to write a post and to identify my audience. I’m thinking about who really visits my blog and reads my posts? I’m still in an early stage of blogging I...
One of my favorite blogs is Liv Hambrett. She just published a book about the topic I’ve been contemplating about for the last years as well. Heimat does not really have an adequate translation in English. What does Heimat mean? Is it...
Blogging University, Day 2 I’m participating in the WordPress Blogging University for 14 days. Today’s task is to work on my title and my tagline. Well, I’m blogging for over a year now and have a title. And I still love...
From my front door I read the post “From my front door” last week on one of the blogs I’m following “The helpful hiker” and it totally inspired me to write a blog post about the same topic. What can...
I’m a German living in the Silicon Valley, Bay Area, California, US. Moving here changed my life. Living in another country comes with a lot of problems, new difficult tasks, expectations, disillusions and misconceptions. Living abroad also brings a lot of experiences,...
Today I’m on a little trip to home. Which is kind of ironic, because exactly 8 years ago today, we arrived at SFO and started our new life in California. This morning we left the house at 7.05am (yawn) and...
Today is one of these days when I get a bit homesick because I know that many of my friends are celebrating right now and are having a good time. And that’s because tomorrow is the first day of May...