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 | Oct 28, 2022 | Anglophiles, British, British humor, British humour, Exmoor, Expatriots, expats, relocation, search for home, Transatlantic, Travel
October 2022 may have been the most ‘normal’ month I’ve had in a long time. All that happened was the shortest UK prime ministership in history, a family run-in with COVID, and the arrival of our first guests from America since we moved back to England over two years...
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 | 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...
by Exmoor1 | Apr 29, 2022 | Anglophiles, British in the USA, citizenship, Exmoor, Expatriots, expats, Living abroad, relocation, repatriation, search for home, Transatlantic
No one said reacclimatizing to a new life in my old country after decades away would be easy – and that was before factoring in pandemics and wars. But here I am, twenty-three months into my Exmoor adventure and for the most part, things are settling down and...
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...