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Living an unconventional life that isn't always plain sailing. Sharing what happens when a young person reaches her mid-life and finally understands that her way of life was risky behaviour. Perhaps you'll be inspired, perhaps you'll be glad you chose a more predictable path. You are always welcome here.

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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
    Comments 2
    California, 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
    Comments 0
    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

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March 2, 2023

Simply Onion Soup

This is YOUR soup, this recipe is just your guide. Adapt it however you feel like. cooking level: easy...

by Birgit
Comments 0
February 1, 2023

2023 – I am a little late to arrive

But here I am. It is February 1st and the Chinese Lunar New year already started, too. Year of...

by Birgit
Comments 0
February 1, 2023

A list of writing job platforms – For my friends

Let’s make some money with writing Have you spent hours looking through job postings getting depressed, too? Have you...

by Birgit
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February 1, 2023

Do affiliate and referral programs and people who share links make you cynical?

Not everything is a ponzy scheme designed to rob us. I see sharing affiliate links as something positive that...

by Birgit
Comments 0
December 11, 2022

No time for paragraphs, my thoughts in bulletpoints

Is the digital revolution becoming our digital oppressor? Change is coming faster than our brains can comprehend Dear friends,...

by Birgit
Comments 0
October 6, 2022

Progress update from a quixotic life

We got my car un–stuck today. We were able to roll it across the car park into a better...

by Birgit
Comments 0
October 6, 2022

New project: Digital Tea / Digital Village

This is Digital Tea, a bilingual newsletter dedicated to sharing what we know – with and for Friends  Digital...

by Birgit
Comments 0
October 1, 2022

Before I forget: I want to tell you about Wise

Just some rough notes from me. When instead of typing and procrastinating I should be packing to get back...

by Birgit
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Simply Onion Soup

This is YOUR soup, this recipe is just your guide. Adapt it however you feel like. cooking level: easy but slow.

March 2, 2023
Comments 0
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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writing

2023 – I am a little late to arriveBut here I am. It is February 1st and the Chinese Lunar New year...February 1, 2023

Progress update from a quixotic lifeWe got my car un–stuck today. We were able to roll it across the...October 6, 2022

Artist Progress Report of clearing the storage of the Past : Sept 27th1) Choosing between 2 book page sizes today. – It’s taking careful consideration of...September 29, 2022

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
Comments 0
animal portraits, Drawing, journal, Life, Liverpool, over7seas, San Francisco, Travel, writing

Petsitting & Housesitting

July 2, 2021

Part time Dog sitter in the San Francisco since 2014

Just an extremely short note from me today. I just realised that I haven’t written anything since returning to...

by Birgit
Comments 0
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
Comments 0
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
Comments 0
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
Comments 0
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
Comments 0
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
Comments 0
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
Comments 0
February 22, 2019

Our side hustle & extra income (petsitting)

I can't write much right now but let me try and briefly sum up this easy side-hustle, that helped...

by Birgit
Comments 7

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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