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 | Dec 30, 2021 | British, British humor, British humour, Exmoor, Humor, Humour, relocation, repatriation, search for home, Travel, writer, writing
My Exmoor home sits in the middle of a secret garden, which in turn is surrounded by an old stone wall, over six feet high. Not exactly Hadrian’s Wall but it still provides a private, sheltered, safe space. Inside these walls, it’s an oasis of calm, protection against...
by Exmoor1 | Nov 29, 2021 | Anglophiles, Blog Post, British, British humor, British humour, British in the USA, Expatriots, expats, Humor, Humour, Living abroad, relocation, repatriation, search for home, Transatlantic, Travel
It’s November 29th and I’ve just posted all my international Christmas cards. You heard me. For the first time EVER, I’ve posted greeting cards in November. Why you ask? I’ll tell you why. ‘Tis the year 2021. That’s why. Now, you may accuse me of a panic...
by Exmoor1 | Oct 31, 2021 | Anglophiles, Blog Post, British, Exmoor, Expatriots, expats, hiraeth, Hireth, Homesickness, Living abroad, relocation, repatriation, search for home, Travel
View from the bathroom: Title of a book? Podcast? Punk band tour? Horror film? Maybe not. Hardly catchy or warm and fuzzy or exciting. But this week, now all the boxes have been moved into my new home, ‘view from the bathroom’ is my favourite phrase. I had to make it...
by Exmoor1 | Sep 30, 2021 | Anglophiles, Blog Post, British, British humor, British humour, Exmoor, Expatriots, expats, hiraeth, Humor, Humour, Living abroad, relocation, repatriation, search for home, Transatlantic, Travel
Wrinkles add character to our old friend This couch may not look like much now. It’s grubby and wrinkled and sunken in the middle. The cream colour is hardly reminiscent of anything you’d pour over your crumble. Even the dog struggles to clamber in and out. It’s like...
