I finally got to enjoy myself a bit last weekend. Naturally, the first thing I did was go on a bike ride. Well, technically, first I had to find a bike. There’s a bike shop that I pass by at the end of the neighborhood where I’m staying in The Hague. They have a bunch […]
After a grueling search over the past six days, I secured a place to stay in Delft for the remainder of my time here! It’s this place on Airbnb, though the photo is quite staged, and it is decidedly messier in real life, but not too bad. The owner, Florian, lives upstairs in the same […]
I just got to chat with Em for a bit while she was making breakfast and I was about to start work. She didn’t know where I was staying, so I realized I should probably give you all a quick update. Not my usual lovingly-crafted blog post, but I just wanted to let everyone know […]
Okay, first I am going to force myself to recount some positive aspects of the past few days despite how challenging it may be to do that right now. I got here successfully and had a quite pleasant stay with my first hosts. I didn’t forget anything crucial at home. I got an international SIM […]
In less than 48, er 24 hours, I’ll be boarding a plane that will take me to another plane, which will land me in The Netherlands for a three-month stint working from a town called Delft. Two colleagues asked me separately today if I had started packing. I haven’t. That question made me a bit […]
We bought a house. This one: It’s just a stone’s throw outside of Providence in a town called Cranston, not to be confused with Scranton, PA (“The Electric City”, made famous by Em’s favorite VP, Joe Biden and our favorite TV series, The Office). The street is a cul de sac with very neighborly feel. […]
Hello again, loyal readers. A two-legged ally of mine named Guy-maly is currently doing commissioned illustrations. Naturally, I arranged for her to do one of the most photogenic member of the household, myself. I think it captures my personality well.
Ah, San Luis Obispo, the happiest place in the country, my old college town, and the last leg of our trip to CA. This place holds many memories. It’s where I first developed my enthusiasm for bicycling and where I grew to love the feel of a small, walkable town. It had been about 8 […]
My mom’s garden is immense. Em liked to come out here to sip her tea and bask in the sun in the morning before my mom woke up. There’s the most impressive rosemary bush I’ve ever seen. It’s constantly moving from the swarm of drunken bees rolling around in it. We estimated about 200 bees […]
My grandma doesn’t travel anymore at her impressive age of 96, so it had been a while since we saw her. We planned to meet up with her for lunch in her retirement community’s dining hall. We showed up right when we had planned to, and my mom barged into Grandma’s room. She was well-dressed […]