Author: Winterdragon

  • This summer, summed up

    First summer in ten years or so with no mountains whatsoever. Despite that, it’s been a really good one. I don’t know if I’ve ever felt so content. Just feeling comfortable in my own body, for starters. Turns out that’s a good prerequisite for enjoying the heat. Yes, even the…

  • Wings on my Back – completed!

    You know what? I was so psyched about the motorcycle driving licence (yes, I’ve been taking rides every excuse I can get) that I completely forgot to yell about the fact that I accomplished another big thing the very same week. Namely: I FINALLY FINISHED MY GODDAMNED NOVEL!!! Having worked…

  • Triumph, at last!

    I made it! At long last, I got my motorcycle driver’s licence! It took a lot of time, a lot of money, a lot of help and a lot of sweat and tears (though no blood, thankfully). It’s been more than a week since I nailed the test, and despite…

  • Don’t Panic!

    Do you know where your towel is? If you don’t get it: I highly recommend reading some Douglas Adams and Terry Pratchett. I guarantee intellectual stimulation, many good laughs and plenty of wisdom concerning Life, the Universe and Everything.  If you do get it: hello, fellow nerd. I love you. Seeing…

  • Deserving to live

      Here I was bracing for yet another indefinite period of pain and uncertainty. Exhausted and anxiety-ridden, for the first time I seriously considered actually accepting my doctor’s offer of happy-pills (or mood stabilisers or whatever… I’ve always been terrified of the stuff). Not as a permanent solution, but to…

  • Transgender Day of Visibility

    Transgender Day of Visibility has rolled around again, and seeing as we still have a long way to go before trans people have the respect, freedom and safety we deserve, I have a message to declare. It’s not a rant this time, not really. To spare the feelings of possible…

  • In memory of a loved one

    This is a memorial for Mizar, my companion for the past eleven years. She had to be put down a couple of weeks ago after her chronic kidney failure finally got the better of her. There are a thousand cute, funny, weird and wonderful things I could tell you about…