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Hello beautiful, Happy August! Part of my midyear refresh process, around the end of June (in the summer, 6 months in, conveniently after my birthday) I like to check in about my annual Stand and declarations. It took all of July to gather my data from the first half of the year and reflect on what was significant to me in that time and what I want to make out of the coming summer and fall. It feels good to be complete! June brought ripe strawberries, the end of a sweet spring in Cologne and in the US, a heat wave, hay fever, relief that a couple critical medical procedures in the family seem to have been successful, end-of-schoolyear, start of the summer, and birthday fests. In this article I wrap up the month of June and Quarter 2 as a whole as related to my own projects, life and events: Read the Jaunty June – 2025 Month 6, Q2 & Midyear Reflection article here My other creations, recommendations, and questions for you are: Listening:
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Hello gentle person, Happy July and Quarter 3, as well as Independence Day to my fellow Americans! Cologne celebrates PRIDE/Christopher Street Day this weekend and I'm also marking 7 years of living here (according to local tradition I'm now a local), the end of the Schoolyear, and the arrival of Summer in the Northern Hemisphere, which has already been hitting hard with a days-long heatwave bringing extreme temperatures to the city. It is also Disability Pride Month! Strawberry Birthday Cake...
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