green card Featured If Your View on Immigration Fits in a Tweet, It’s Probably Wrong It's amazing to me how many people bitch about immigration here in Ireland, in Europe, and in the US, but have no idea what it takes to immigrate to a new country legally. You can’t just pack up all your stuff, show up wherever you want, and
Switzerland We're Making Bookplates Because Amazon Doesn't Work in Switzerland. (aka The Amazon Paper Book Saga) Most folks that talk to me on the regular have heard me rant about how Amazon doesn’t work in Switzerland. I don’t fully understand why, but from what I do understand it stems from the way Switzerland deals with VAT (shipping taxes) and other legislation that passed here
Novels Twitch Streaming! Survey Intragalactic Release Date! Woo hoo! Can you believe it’s December already? It’s been snowing here in Switzerland and it’s been holiday-card beautiful! But enough about the weather! The first big announcement, if you haven’t heard about it yet, is that I am now streaming 3 days a week on Twitch doing
Switzerland The Post Where I Write About Dinosaurs (Teaser!) Wow, the whole month is nearly gone! I almost forgot to post my monthly update! The biggest news it that I am now fully vaccinated! It’s almost surreal to realize I can now leave the house. I’ll still wear a mask because aerosols, and I’m not an
amwriting March comes in more like a cranky bear. Welcome to March, friends. It’s been a year since my Wife and I started quarantining, and I’m kind of over it. Switzerland has been slow rolling out vaccines, and while I’m happy for everyone I know gettings vaccines in the States (especially my mom and dad!), I’
Novella Hello 2021 with Snow and The Four Keys Paperback Now Available! This picture was taken about a hour or so ago, and it’s still snowing. I think this is the biggest snowstorm I’ve seen in Zurich so far! It’s so beautiful, and for once I don’t mind being stuck inside. Definitely a day for writing and napping,
Novella It's a Blog Post! Woo! I know it’s been awhile since I’ve done a regular blog post here, but given what’s going on in the world right now, it’s been hard to update things. I suppose I’ve gotten to the point in quarantine where I’m accepting it until there’
Photography 10 Weeks Quarantine As of this writing, the Wife and I have been quarantined for 10 weeks, and Switzerland has been virtually shut down for nearly a month. It hasn’t been easy for either of us, and I know my emotions have been up and down since the beginning. For those that
Photography Staying Home (COVID-19) I'm going to be real with you all, especially folks in the US: this shit is real. Right now, as I type this, Switzerland is pretty much closed up. People are only going out if they have to. There will be a press conference from the Bundesrat (Federal
Fiber Arts Back to the Schilthorn February has been a busy month, but it's been a good one for the most part. The recent highlight was that the Wife and I took a much needed trip back to Mürren. It's definitely one of our favorite places to go. So peaceful and incredibly
Uncategorized Sunshine Adventure This month's post is a bit late due to the fact that I went to Florida to visit my parents and celebrate my birthday with them. I swam a lot, got very tan, and even saw an alligator! The trip there was a bit of an adventure, since
Uncategorized Rutsch guet übere! It was a good holiday season here in Switzerland. The Wife and I went to London at the beginning of December and had a lovely time with our friend Bat. Our hotel was pretty swank, too, and I splurged on a mani-pedi at the hotel spa! We also went to
Uncategorized Does it count as a fail if it got me writing? I had every intention of completing NaNoWriMo when I set myself up at the end of October. I didn't. But in the first week I got a pretty nasty cold that took me about a week to get over. Feeling like crap is definitely not conducive to getting