December 5, 2025, San Francisco, California. My crazy trail of challenges leads me from Bucharest to Naples, to Lisbon and back to San Francisco, leading me to conclude that “it’s always something!”

October 10, 2025, Sinaia, Romania. I learn a lot while on location in the Carpathian Mountains of Romania with the shoot of a feature film.

September 15, 2025, Bucharest, Romania. I settle in to my job and my life at the moment in Bucharest, Romania, learning more as I go. A meeting with someone I haven’t seen for 20 years helps me to feel like my true self.

August 24, 2025, Bucharest, Romania. I had been chanting for prosperity, health and safety, and there’s nothing like a 2-month job to help out with prosperity, so I took the interview and got the job on a film in Romania.

July 22, 2025, Lisbon, Portugal. With music projects on hold and my arm in rehab, I dedicate myself to physical therapy and language study, as a change of residency rules threatens my plan.

June 30, 2025, Montreal, Canada. On the way back to Lisbon, an unscheduled stop in Montreal gives me time to think and write about the concept of Rebirth in my life.

May 11, 2025, Lisbon, Portugal. A life-changing event begins Season 3 and continues The Lisbon Project, as I’m faced with a challenge I’ve never had before. Fear and despair turn to gratitude as I make my way through this.

April 23, 2025, Lisbon, Portugal.  The visit of actor-director-community chorus teacher Beth Wilmurt proves to be a great meeting of the minds with an unexpected twist.

March 15, 2025, Lisbon, Portugal. The parade of cultural ambassadors continues, the Carnaval parades in Madeira, I get a healthcare number, and become a fixture at the jazz jam.

February 16, 2025, Lisbon, Portugal. I finally get the Temporary Residency Permit in my hands, but the bureaucratic hoops are far from finished. And a cultural ambassador arrives.