Travel fiction – where the ‘right place’ transforms lives

Travel fiction – where the ‘right place’ transforms lives

From Y2K to Brexit

From Y2K to Brexit

by | Dec 22, 2019 | Anglophiles, Blog Post, British, British humor, British humour, British in the USA, Expatriots, expats, hiraeth, Hireth, Homesickness, Humour, immigrants, immigration, Living abroad, relocation, search for home, Transatlantic, Travel

How can it possibly be twenty years since the whole Y2K thing? Remember all that ‘Your laptop will explode at midnight because it won’t be able to tell the time’ or some such nonsense? Well, nothing happened to my laptop or the oven clock. My car didn’t swerve off the...
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...
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...