HeyJaredAt home abroad
Regular musings about searching for a place to call home and the discoveries made along the way.
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The neutrality thing sparks a referendum (opens the original)
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The promised series on Swiss neutrality, which includes a lot of history and rumination on shifting geopolitics, is set to continue following my return from medical leave. However, philosophical musings and sharp analysis have been interrupted by current Swiss domestic politics.On 27 September is a national referendum on Swiss neutrality, and the positioning, campaigning, and shouting in recent weeks has been distracting, to say the least.A restack, share, or heart click gives my writing more vi
Stirring up 9-11 memories (opens the original)
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On the 25th anniversary of the event that ended the optimistic decades of my adulthood, I found myself, ironically, in the US. It’s not my country anymore, at least on paper. We had crossed the border to Canada on September 10, to visit the Niagara Falls, and the jovial Canadian border guard was genuinely excited to welcome two Swiss citizens to his country. The morning of September 11 we looked across the water and saw the stars and stripes of the US flags at half-mast.<a class="image-link imag
Pickled grapes. That’s all. (opens the original)
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Learning to walk, again (opens the original)
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When my physiotherapist predicted I’d be walking without crutches by the end of July, I did not believe her. It was the first week of July and the omnipresent heat wave broke for two days, so I was moving more than the worn path of bed–bath–sofa–kitchen. With crutches. Concentrating on every step so that I wasn’t falling out of rhythm and accidentally putting too much weight on my newly reconstructed left knee.A restack, share, or heart click gives my writing more visibility. Thank you. Comments
Rerun: Speaking in tongues (opens the original)
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I have been living outside my first language for 35 years. When I left the US for (eastern) Europe, it was before the internet, smart phones, language apps, etc. So it was do or die, pretty much. <img alt="" class="sizing-normal" height="2111" src="https://substack
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