• DasRubberDuck@feddit.de
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    It’s missing the anger in you partners face as they are packing boxes while you enjoy painting. Kidding ;)

    Nice picture! Good luck with your move!

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      Haha, I wish! He’s an engineer, and he says that I “don’t do the boxes right”. So he likes to do it by himself! He only needs me to ask if we’re going to keep something or throw it away. So I keep painting! :)

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    I’d love to see this as a series, telling your story in the form of children’s picture book.

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      Thank you! Yeah, a children’s book was in my plans until AI happened and the market was flooded. I had an idea to teach kids about timezones!

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        Do iiiiiit. Half of what people like about art is the life story of the people who created it. I understand if it’s not financially viable. The time zone idea sounds really great!

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      That was my first thought as well. This style lends itself really well to children’s books imo

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        Yep, my intent going to illustration was that particular children’s style.

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    I really like this, it has such a loving mood. If you two can remain that mellow when packing, that’s love. Good luck with the move!

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      We’re currently in Spokane, WA, USA. I also lived for a few years in the UK. I left Greece in late 1996.

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        That’ll be a big change. Are you moving to your former home in Greece? Why are you moving back?

        If this is too nosy tell me to go away lol.

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          Yeah, it’s going to be quite a change, mostly for my French husband. It should be familiar territory for me. We bought a new house close to my mom’s house, as we have a lot of things and we wouldn’t fit in her house. We’re moving after deciding I need to help my mom, after my dad’s death last year, where he died alone in the mountains (they were divorced). I had plans to go that year and move him to an apartment, after postponing that trip due to c-vid for a year. I was too late…

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            That’s nice of you to help your mom. I’m sorry about your dad, that’s terrible. I hope it all goes well. Is the cost of living at least better?

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              Cost of living is better than the US overall, but the prices on foods is going up constantly there… Thankfully we will have a veggie garden, and access to local pastured eggs, goats, sheep, and chickens by my aunts, and wild fish from the nearby sea town.

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      It wasn’t to happen for us either. But then my dad died in Greece last year, and I’m pretty sure that I could have saved him if I was there (he was living alone in the mountains and he was not seeing doctors regularly). So I said, that’s it, I still have a mother. We’re going. And (French) husband agreed.

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        I understand. The one and only one time in 50 years that we ever had any family visit us it was my grandmother and on like the 3rd day she was here, she fell and broke her leg. For the remaining 3 weeks she was mostly holed up in the house because she couldn’t move much. If you need to head back to take care of family, no one can argue with that.

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      Thx! I left to find a job, originally in UK, in 1996. I was a programmer originally. Then I met my (French-in-the-US) husband on IRC, got married, and also moved to the US. Been there since 2001. Here I became a tech journalist, and then an artist (mostly collage art, where I had a very successful career in the 2010s – paintings/illustration are new to me).

      The reason to come back I detailed in another reply here.

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        Thanks for sharing your story! And sorry about your dad, being away from family is the main reason why I’d like to stay close by. It’s bittersweet but I’m happy you’re getting closer to your mom 😊 I hope your husband still has family in France, he will be closer as well

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          He does, yes! We should be in France 1-2 times a year for sure!