Leaving the U.S. for The Netherlands on 5 December
On 5 December I'll leave the U.S. to spend an undetermined period in what may become my new home in The Netherlands -- Rotterdam. I'll live in temporary housing until their immigration department finalizes my residency permit, which I hope will happen within a couple of months. I'll rent out my house in Oberlin, Ohio for short stays and will continue to serve my existing American clients. However, I also plan to focus Tom Geller Productions on European opportunities.
I've lived mostly in two places since graduating from college, and left both for the same reason: I felt I'd gotten what I wanted from the place and was itching for something different. (I wrote three years ago about my move from San Francisco to Oberlin, Ohio.) This time is no different. I moved to Oberlin almost nine years ago to do some "adulting" and to enjoy a quieter, more-easygoing place. Now it's time for me to be back in a city, and Rotterdam is a fun place that I know from two previous months-long visits.
I expect people to think I'm moving because of the current political climate in the U.S.. That's not among my top reasons. Like a thinking citizen of any country, I feel pains and joys about my own. This is a topic for another time.
I'll be back in the U.S. for a bit in April (and traveling in Europe sometimes before then.) For now, my Twitter account is probably the best way to keep up. More later.
I've lived mostly in two places since graduating from college, and left both for the same reason: I felt I'd gotten what I wanted from the place and was itching for something different. (I wrote three years ago about my move from San Francisco to Oberlin, Ohio.) This time is no different. I moved to Oberlin almost nine years ago to do some "adulting" and to enjoy a quieter, more-easygoing place. Now it's time for me to be back in a city, and Rotterdam is a fun place that I know from two previous months-long visits.
I expect people to think I'm moving because of the current political climate in the U.S.. That's not among my top reasons. Like a thinking citizen of any country, I feel pains and joys about my own. This is a topic for another time.
I'll be back in the U.S. for a bit in April (and traveling in Europe sometimes before then.) For now, my Twitter account is probably the best way to keep up. More later.