I’ve had this quote pinned up above my desk for a while now, and it’s the quote I chose to open Wallet Activism. It helps me get my head right about what’s required to change the status quo. It’s so easy to think change should be free, but no real change ever is. Instead, in the words of @violadavis, “If you’re dedicated to change, let it cost you something.” [image: Viola Davis’s quote hand written on an index card, seen on a magnet board.]
It’s a big day! Apparently I have been a German citizen my whole life because my mom was born there and had not yet naturalized in the U.S. when I was born. But, she always told me that I couldn’t have German citizenship because she had given up hers, and I never thought to question it. Maybe it was the Trump years, maybe it was watching U.S. leaders do essentially nothing to face up to the realities of the climate crisis, but I started to wonder if there was any chance I might be allowed to live in Germany or elsewhere in the EU. After doing a lot of research, I wrote to the German consulate in San Francisco a year and a half ago, and a year ago, they affirmed that I was already a citizen. It took me almost a year to get an appointment to show all the original documents and start the actual process (that explains the trip to SF and brown hair a few weeks ago), but finally, as of today, I have the actual document to prove my dual citizenship. 🙌 I am not one to run away from problems, so there’s no plan to bail on the U.S. But having more options is always a good thing. 🇩🇪🤝🇺🇸 A lot more folks have dual citizenship options than probably realize it, so do a little digging, and you might be surprised!
Aaaaaaaah! The day is finally here to share this with you! Wallet Activism, the book, is available for pre-order, and I’ve got lots of bonuses lined up to say thanks for your support. 💜 Wallet Activism, the podcast, is also live today, so find it in your podcast app of choice or grab the link in my profile or stories. 🎧
This summer has not been what I hoped: after getting vaccinated early in the year, and hoping that more things will become safe, we made a bunch of plans, nearly all of which we’ve now canceled. (Womp womp FinCon.) We’re going barely anywhere because of the danger of the Delta variant, the book tour that I thought would happen this fall is becoming much more limited and mostly virtual. But. Out in the garden, this has been summer of my dreams. This was my big experimental year of trying a whole lot of different varieties to figure out *if* I could even successfully grow warm weather crops like tomatoes and peppers here. Well. Not only can I grow them, I can grow them in respectable quantities, enough to make a gradient photo from one day’s harvest. The only problem is: now it’s going to be a lot harder deciding which few to narrow it down to for next year! [image: A basket of tomatoes and peppers arranged in color order from yellow at the top to dark red at the bottom.] #growingveggies #growyourownfood #gardening #zone6b #zone6agardening #highaltitudegardening #mountaingarden #tahoegardening #shortseason
