I’m interested in so many different topics that I find it difficult to claim a niche, as we’re told to do.
Here’s the link to my newsletter About Page, and to give an overview, here is a sort of glossary of topics and posts from my Substack Newsletter—not an exhaustive list, but already exhausting 😂 I’ll add future posts as they come. Take a look:
Berlin: Transplants, Update from Berlin on Ukraine Crisis, Paean to the Pretzel, Missing the Forest for the Trees, Transportation Tales from Unterwegs, Missing Berlin, Should you do online dating?, Visiting the Jehovah’s Witnesses in Berlin, Spring in Berlin, A Good Kind of Sad, Rats and the Berlin Art Scene, Welcome in Berlin, Japan: As Advertised, Getting Sober/Staying Sober, Integrating Good Immigrant, Ramadan for Sale
Death and Grieving: A Good Kind of Sad, This Mortal Coil, The Spirit is Never Sick
Religion: Visiting Freemont Temple in Boston, The Nazarene Church in Berlin, Visiting the Jehovah’s Witnesses in Berlin, Pittsburgh Cathedral of Hope, Bethlehem Church of Nativity, St. Joseph’s Church in Dushanbe, St. Elisabeth’s in Vienna, Some Thoughts on the Media and Role of Religion, Tajikistan Study Abroad Adventures 2010, Getting Sober/Staying Sober
Veterans issues and vet writing: New VA Motto, Torture is not Art, Late Night Army Madness, Some Thoughts on the Media and Role of Religion, America: A Love Story, War poetry, Integrating Good Immigrant
Women’s issues: Hibiscus Poem, Marks Upon Us, Sweaty Concepts, Women can be supportive on FB, Tajik Expat Gender Relations #11,
Women veterans issues: My essay in The War Horse, Sweaty Concepts, Late Night Army Madness, America: A Love Story
Mental health: Book Bug, Sweaty Concepts, What is Essential Poem, Spring in Berlin, Media and Soul Hygiene, Getting Sober/Staying Sober,
Religion and Berlin: The Nazarene Church in Berlin, Drag Queens/Postrationalism, A Good Kind of Sad
Writing and Language: Memoir Genre in German, Learning German, Spring in Berlin, Behind the Times
Culture: Signs of the Apocalypse in the US, Torture is not Art, Afghan Girl, Red-White-Blue Poem, Marks Upon Us, Baseball Game, Should you do online dating?, Talking to the Hand essay, Some Thoughts on the Media and Role of Religion, Media and Soul Hygiene, This Mortal Coil, Rats and the Berlin Art Scene, Japan: As Advertised, Ramadan for Sale
Travel: Watermark Essay, Paean to the Pretzel, Hibiscus Poem, Book Bug, Mondays in Dushanbe, Bethlehem Church of Nativity, St. Joseph’s Church in Dushanbe, St. Elisabeth’s in Vienna, Electric Dog Fence, Blog Series: Tajikistan Study Abroad Adventures 2010 1; Issue 2; 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, … 12, 14, etc., America: A Love Story, Japan: As Advertised
Refugee Issues: Afghan Girl, Update from Berlin on Ukraine Crisis, St. Elisabeth’s in Vienna, Transplants
Book Reviews: Rachel Cusk’s Outline, Pär Lagerkvist’s Barabbas
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