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living between 2 continents since 2014.

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  • Tips for pet owners when hiring a pet sitter

    by Birgit

    Give clear instructions in print AND digital format, do NOT rely on spoken instructions (nor digital) alone. Ensure that both you and the petsitter have a physical copy to refer to (click to read more)

    August 9, 2019
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    house sitting, housesitting, Oakland, over7seas, petsitting, San Francisco, Travel
  • Project German – American Citizenship / Projekt Deutsch – Amerikanische Staatsangehörigkeit

    by Birgit

    Ahoi, ich bin die Birgit und ich lebe zweisprachig. Hey, my name is Birgit and I live a bilingual life. Ich wohne zur Zeit in Amerika aber fühle mich gleichzeitig Deutsch, das wird sich niemals ändern. Dennoch habe ich durch meine Beziehung auch eine starke Verbindung zu den Staaten. I currently live in America but I simultaneously identity as German and that won’t ever...

    February 19, 2019
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    California, English German Bilingual, journal, Kalifornien, over7seas, writing, Zweisprachige Texte
  • Big Sur Roadtrip

    by Birgit

     • The effects of a wildfire most likely caused by an illegal campfire that was poorly extinguished. These photographs are from our drive back to Carmel, near the Highway 1 which I just see now in the news is closed due to the Soberanes Fire which has been raging for about 2 weeks now. It had just started when we visited Big Sur for...

    August 9, 2016
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    California, journal, over7seas, photography, Travel
  • Where can we go from here?

    by Birgit

    Our housesitting appointment is drawing to a close at the end of the coming week. We by chance got asked to take on another house-pet-sitting gig from the 1st – 4th of August and I said yes minutes before I found out that we likely have lost the (stationary) RV that we were schedule to move into that weekend. So that was a lucky...

    July 19, 2015
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    California, journal, Life, over7seas, petsitting, San Francisco
  • Housesitting in San Francisco : View from Bernal Heights today

    by Birgit

    We are housesitting in San Francisco. The way this works is that we got connected with a family who went to visit family on the East Coast and needed somebody (us) to look after their cat, dog, home and plants during their absence. In exchange for our reliable housesitting duties we stay here free of charge. It is a fair exchange of our time for...

    June 16, 2015
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    over7seas, petsitting
  • Surrounded by teachers in Northern Thailand

    by Birgit

    Suddenly I find myself surrounded by teachers. (I trust you know how hard it is to find them when you are looking for a single one… now I need almost a whole hand to count the sudden influx). It never rains but it pours, right? And each one feels like a relationship of trust. {You know the stories of how I started 3 different...

    January 23, 2015
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    Holistic & Health, over7seas, Thai Massage, Thailand
  • When the dog and I saved a baby groundhog on Land’s End Trail, San Francisco

    by Birgit

    We are house sitting in San Francisco, pretty close to Land’s End Trail and with that pretty close to the edge of the world, or so it feels. The air is amazing here, the silence only broken occasionally by soft voiced fog horns. On a recent walk with the dog that came with the house, dog and I discovered a Groundhog laying in shock,...

    July 11, 2014
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    animal portraits, California, Life, over7seas, petsitting, San Francisco, Travel

Recent

January 9, 2021

What to do: When you struggle taking the first step.

I have nothing to sell here. But this is my experience when struggling to take the first step in...

by Birgit
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January 8, 2021

My Referrals / Recommendations

Helping me help YOU. Ways for you to earn a side income.

by Birgit
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November 27, 2020

Questions about big change decision making.. (#2)

For whom it is a useful mental image, perhaps it helps to channel Tarzan swinging from one vine to...

by Birgit
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November 24, 2020

How to look at indecision differently – maybe

Are you also finding yourself nearly paralysed by the stress of big decisions? We have a few existentially monumental...

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November 1, 2020

Living for (almost) free in San Francisco

Part #2 of my Absolute beginner Entrepreneur series is delayed...House moves are time and energy consuming, they often lead...

by Birgit
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October 31, 2020

Where do dreams live? (journal of an emigrant)

Having experienced life on different. continents, having become familiar with different life perspectives I think I may have a...

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October 24, 2020

Part 1 / How to escape poverty: A Guide in baby steps (I believe in you!) (English...

Free Action steps, nothing for sale: How to escape a poverty trap, in effective baby steps. (Let me know...

by Birgit
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October 19, 2020

Coming soon: How not to live in abject poverty – indefinitely

Why you will wither away and live the rest of your life in poverty unless you join the 21st...

by Birgit
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Health

health

Coming soon: From Diagnosis to Surgery

Diagnosis to Surgery / being sick and getting treatment in America First draft / Still to be edited It’s about a year ago that our crazy journeys began. My...

August 9, 2019
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What to do: When you struggle taking the first step.I have nothing to sell here. But this is my experience when struggling to...January 9, 2021

Questions about big change decision making.. (#2)For whom it is a useful mental image, perhaps it helps to channel Tarzan...November 27, 2020

How to look at indecision differently – maybeAre you also finding yourself nearly paralysed by the stress of big decisions? We...November 24, 2020

Drawing

Life Update. What on Earth is going on with this Blog? (& Special welcome to my Ebay customers popping by to see what I am up to)

by Birgit

Thank you to my Ebay supporters, returning to America, starting new chapters, setting goals with our business

April 21, 2017
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animal portraits, Drawing, journal, Life, Liverpool, over7seas, San Francisco, Travel, writing

Petsitting & Housesitting

May 28, 2020

I commissioned an artist on Fiverr to make an illustration of Jason and Fig

I hired an illustrator on Fiverr for $12, would I do it again? You'll have to tap to find...

by Birgit
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April 14, 2020

Dog emotion and Cognition course

Today I found out about a 7 week course that starts today, on April 14th 2020, on the evolution...

by Birgit
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March 11, 2020

We got our first housesitting cancellation because of Covid-19

Our housesit was cancelled. What to do? There isn't a whole lot that we can do but I would...

by Birgit
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March 10, 2020

Coronavirus affects Trusted Housesitters – and Local petsitters on ROVER

How will house- and petsitters be affected by the Corona Virus? A series of several posts with questions and...

by Birgit
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November 25, 2019

Tips for petsitters: How to make your pet’s owners happy.

Take a little time to be creative with the daily updates that you send to your pet’s owners. When...

by Birgit
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August 9, 2019

Tips for pet owners when hiring a pet sitter

Give clear instructions in print AND digital format, do NOT rely on spoken instructions (nor digital) alone. Ensure that...

by Birgit
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August 8, 2019

Rover Petsitter throws puppy : my response

I am not sure that the reporting of the incident was fair or balanced. It indicates that booking a...

by Birgit
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June 24, 2019

Trying out Trusted Housesitters for free accommodation

I recently signed up to Trusted Housesitters and the grand master plan is to first build my profile and...

by Birgit
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My incredible Aunt Tove's travels

Asia, Aunt Tove, Culture, inspiration, journal, over7seas, Travel

what once belonged to Tove

Aunt Tove lived much of her life in Berkeley California, within walking distance from Berkeley university as well as the beautiful Berkeley Hills. She was a research scholar and...

August 24, 2016
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