Travel fiction – where the ‘right place’ transforms lives

Travel fiction – where the ‘right place’ transforms lives

So, A Veggie Platter Walks into A Courthouse …

So, A Veggie Platter Walks into A Courthouse …

by | Sep 26, 2019 | Anglophiles, Blog Post, British humor, British humour, British in the USA, citizenship, Expatriots, expats, hiraeth, Hireth, Homesickness, Humor, Humour, immigrants, immigration, Living abroad, relocation, search for home, Transatlantic, writer

  I assisted at a US citizenship oath ceremony last week, held at the District Courthouse in Madison, Wisconsin. By ‘assist’ I mean I crinkle cut vast quantities of veggies and lugged a cooler through courthouse security. No mean feat, actually, as the handle of the...
World Chaos, Transatlantic Relocation – and Painting the Bunker Red

World Chaos, Transatlantic Relocation – and Painting the Bunker Red

by | Aug 26, 2019 | Anglophiles, Blog Post, British, British humor, British humour, British in the USA, Expatriots, expats, Humor, Humour, Living abroad, relocation, search for home, Transatlantic, Travel

I’m gearing up to sell my house in the spring. If all goes according to plan, it will be my last house sale in the USA in preparation for my first house purchase in the UK. With me so far? Plan – move – UK? You have questions, you say? Oh. You mean why are my American...
Celebrating 30 Years with Tanks and Pie

Celebrating 30 Years with Tanks and Pie

by | Jul 23, 2019 | Anglophiles, Blog Post, British, British humor, British humour, British in the USA, Expatriots, expats, hiraeth, Hireth, Homesickness, Living abroad, search for home, Transatlantic, Travel

July has been a big month in the Gemmell household, two newsworthy events occurring within days of each other. First, after decades of dithering about citizenship, I celebrated my first Fourth of July as a US citizen. I know, right? Hell froze over despite climate...
Relocation Countdown: Transatlantic Hireth and Abandoned Plants

Relocation Countdown: Transatlantic Hireth and Abandoned Plants

by | Jun 24, 2019 | Anglophiles, Blog Post, British, British humor, British humour, British in the USA, Expatriots, expats, Homesickness, Living abroad, search for home, Transatlantic, Travel

I’m fortunate to have citizenship in two countries: The United Kingdom and the United States of America. But it’s not lost on me that ‘United’ appears in both nations’ titles when ‘united’ currently seems a strained concept in either place. Pick your poison: the...