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Birthday Musings

by Carla Gericke
written by Carla Gericke

I turn 52 today! As I sit in the Acapulco Airport waiting for my flight back to the Free State, I’m thinking about, well, the screaming brat yelling I WANT TO GO PEE-PEE, but as I channel my inner calm here lol, I’m thinking about how fortunate I am.

I have an amazing, loving husband, Louis Calitz. I have incredible friends who adore me. I have a high-energy dog, Obi, who keeps me fit, and my imaginary backyard dinosaurs have started laying again. I cherish the house we bought that we’re slowly renovating, the place that gave me the roots I needed to heal.

I choose to live in the world’s only libertarian homeland, in a community thousands and thousands strong, who have my back and I have theirs. Live free and thrive!

I am grateful for my life and everything I have accomplished to date. But I also yearn for more… More travel, more adventure, more discovery of myself and the world at this unique time in history.

I seek more success as a writer, artist, and teacher.

This Anarchapulco reminded me I need to keep pushing myself to new heights, in uncomfortable directions, and never give up on becoming my true self.

This starts with integrity to self, making sure your thoughts and actions are aligned. It means having hard conversations. Acknowledging faults and figuring out how to do better next time. Celebrating successes and striving for more!

I am proud of the woman I have become. I can’t wait to see what I do in the next 52 years!

Thank you for all the birthday wishes. I love you all! ❤

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Happy Birthday to Me

by Carla Gericke
written by Carla Gericke

I turn 52 today! As I sit in the Acapulco Airport waiting for my flight back to the Free State, I’m thinking about, well, the screaming brat yelling I WANT TO GO PEE-PEE, but as I channel my inner calm here lol, I’m thinking about how fortunate I am.

I have an amazing, loving husband, Louis Calitz. I have incredible friends who adore me. I have a high-energy dog Obi who keeps me fit and my imaginary backyard dinosaurs have started laying again. I live in the world’s only libertarian homeland, in a community thousands and thousands strong, who have my back and I have theirs. I cherish the house we bought that we’re slowly renovating, the place that gave me the roots I needed to heal.

I am grateful for my life and everything I have accomplished to date. But I also yearn for more… More travel, more adventure, more discovery of myself and the world at this unique time in history. I seek more success as a writer, artist, and teacher.

This Anarchapulco reminded me I need to keep pushing myself to new heights, in uncomfortable directions, and never give up on becoming my true self.

This starts with integrity to self, making sure your thoughts and actions are aligned. It means having hard conversations. Acknowledging faults and figuring out how to do better next time. Celebrating successes and striving for more!

I am proud of the woman I have become. I can’t wait to see what I do in the next 52 years!

Thank you for all the birthday wishes. I love you all! ❤

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One Hand Giveth, the Other Taketh Away, Or Sumthang

by Carla Gericke
written by Carla Gericke

I ❤ NH! In a “Only in the Free State” moment, I found my lost glove! After a month! On a trail at least 5 miles from my house! I’d been so bummed about losing one half of my favorite outdoor leather gloves back around Xmas. Today, there it was, sitting on a stick in the snow when I parked. How lucky is that?!?!

UPDATE:

Oh FFS! I forgot I THREW THE OTHER ONE AWAY because, remember how I said I was going to work on not clinging to things that do not serve me? Well, I actually went through the whole mental conversation of: “Com’on, what plausible use is there for one half of your favorite pair of gloves? You know you have to throw it away. You can do it.”

Now I don’t know what today’s lesson is all about… No wait! I do! The right hand giveth while the left hand taketh away. Or sumthang.

Poop.

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Open Government At Risk!

by Carla Gericke
written by Carla Gericke

HB 1002 is a REALLY bad bill. I don’t understand how it made it out of committee with an OTP–colluders!

The Union Leader op-ed desk and stalwart reporter Mark Hayward agree with me, and Right-to-Know NH, when we say this bill will destroy what’s left of the media in New Hampshire.

Think you don’t know what your government is up to? Imagine if they can drag their feet for 9 hours and then start charging you a service fee to provide Constitutionally required information? As I often say, incentives matter, and these incentives are aligned with a lack of transparency, places an unnecessary burden on citizens, and is not needed.

Here is a document prepared by RTKNH’s president Katherine Kokko. She and I will be distributing them at the statehouse this morning before the session starts.

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