by Exmoor1 | Jan 31, 2023 | Blog Post, book promotion, British humor, British humour, Exmoor, Expatriots, expats, hiraeth, Hireth, Homesickness, Humor, Humour, search for home, Travel, writer, writing
Mission: Identify twelve search keywords that would lead others to find you online. Go. It’s okay, I’ll wait. Am waiting… Okay, two keywords. Can you come up with two? I know, right? It’s really hard. But that’s what I have to do as part of a website redesign project...
by Exmoor1 | Nov 30, 2022 | Anglophiles, Blog Post, British, British humor, British humour, British in the USA, citizenship, Exmoor, Expatriots, expats, Humor, Humour, immigrants, immigration, Living abroad, relocation, repatriation, search for home, Transatlantic, Travel
Breaking News: my loved ones are American! It’s been brought to my attention that my husband of thirty-three years and my adult children may in fact be … American. I suppose I should thank the World Cup for opening my eyes to this but at the moment I’m still in shock...
by Exmoor1 | Jun 30, 2022 | Anglophiles, British, British humor, British humour, British in the USA, Exmoor, Expatriots, expats, Humor, Humour, relocation, repatriation, search for home, Transatlantic, Travel
June sees the United Kingdom coming down off the highs of the Platinum Jubilee celebrations. No matter your views of the Monarchy, seventy years in a job means Queen Elizabeth deserves a street party or two, as far as I’m concerned. The country proudly showed...
by Exmoor1 | Mar 31, 2022 | Blog Post, British humor, British humour, Exmoor, Humor, Humour, relocation, search for home, writer, writing
Last week I received The Email. Yes, THAT email. The one from the editor that filled me with both crippling anxiety and spine-tingling excitement. Attached to said email was the edited manuscript for my third novel, entitled Life Like Lavender. Anyone who’s undergone...
by Exmoor1 | Feb 28, 2022 | Blog Post, British, British humor, British humour, Exmoor, Humor, Humour, immigrants, immigration, Living abroad, relocation, search for home, Travel
I’ve had enough of February, 2022; mostly my own fault. I didn’t have to put the powerlines to my Exmoor house underground; it was just a nice-to-do to improve the view. The process required digging up the driveway, dismantling stone walls and excavating across the...
by Exmoor1 | Jan 28, 2022 | Blog Post, British, British humor, British humour, Exmoor, Humor, Humour, search for home, Travel
Another session of writing late into the evening. February 21st – the date the editor expects my latest novel – is barrelling down the tracks towards me. The driveway project is due to start around then too, requiring masses of attention to detail, like...
