immigration Archives - Tracey Gemmell

I Can’t Help You With That.

by Exmoor1 | Jun 30, 2023 | Blog Post, Expatriots, expats, immigration, Living abroad, relocation, repatriation, search for home

I read an article in The Guardian this week entitled “Never Drink Red Wine with Fish: 10 Famous Food Rules You Can Absolutely Ignore” by Felicity Cloake. It set out to question several well-established ‘rules’ on cooking, such as having your pasta water ‘as salty as...

USA Football Fans on Exmoor? Well, I Never.

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...

Our Very Tuscan British Exmoor Funeral

by Exmoor1 | Sep 30, 2022 | Blog Post, British, Exmoor, Expatriots, hiraeth, Homesickness, immigrants, immigration, Living abroad, relocation, search for home, Travel

It’s been two and a half years since I’ve been on a plane. That’s the longest I’ve spent with both feet on the ground since I was a teenager. Just when I’m wondering if I’ll ever again experience the joy of a good ol’ kneecapping from someone else’s wheeled...

Writing Home Takes on New Meaning Every Day

by Exmoor1 | Aug 31, 2022 | Anglophiles, Exmoor, hiraeth, Hireth, Homesickness, immigrants, immigration, Living abroad, relocation, repatriation, search for home, Travel

I’ve experienced the concept of ‘home’ in so many varied ways recently I’m starting to think my ‘Write Home’ brand may be taking over my life. Not in the ‘writing a new novel every six months’ kind of way; more in the ‘Will I ever finish a novel again because,...

Queens, Jubilees and Bunting: The Joys of Home

by Exmoor1 | May 31, 2022 | Anglophiles, British, British humor, British humour, British in the USA, citizenship, Expatriots, expats, hiraeth, Homesickness, Humour, immigrants, immigration, Living abroad, relocation, repatriation, search for home, Transatlantic, Travel

Today is the second anniversary of my leaving the United States for the last time to return home to England. I’ll be spending the day, in fact the whole week, excitedly preparing for my neighbourhood Jubilee party. For those of you living under a rock, the British...

I’ve Had Enough February, Both On and Off Exmoor

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...