Travel fiction – where the ‘right place’ transforms lives

Travel fiction – where the ‘right place’ transforms lives

FINDING MY ZEN IN GLITTERY CARDBOARD

FINDING MY ZEN IN GLITTERY CARDBOARD

by | 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...
From Silver Partings To Silver Linings

From Silver Partings To Silver Linings

by | Dec 31, 2020 | Anglophiles, British, British humor, British humour, British in the USA, Exmoor, Expatriots, expats, hiraeth, Hireth, Humor, Humour, immigrants, immigration, Living abroad, relocation, repatriation, search for home, Transatlantic, Travel

  Yes, there have been silver linings to this – what’s the word? – execrable? frightful? odious? insalubrious? (trying to avoid the ‘sh*#!’ word here. Help me out!) year. Some of those linings I dug deep to find (the Hilton points accrued during Hubby’s 139 days in a...
My Extraordinary, Mundane Transatlantic Relocation

My Extraordinary, Mundane Transatlantic Relocation

by | Jun 30, 2020 | Anglophiles, Blog Post, British, British in the USA, Exmoor, Expatriots, expats, hiraeth, Hireth, immigrants, immigration, Living abroad, relocation, repatriation, search for home, solo travel, Transatlantic, Travel

  It’s been one month since I arrived back in England after a thirty-year visit to America. If you’d asked me a year ago what vocabulary I’d be using to describe my feelings at my return home, I’d have said relief, comfort, joy. And those feelings apply. But they’re...
My Worthless Emergency Supply Kit

My Worthless Emergency Supply Kit

by | Apr 30, 2020 | Anglophiles, Blog Post, British, British humor, British humour, British in the USA, Exmoor, Expatriots, expats, hiraeth, Hireth, Homesickness, Humor, Humour, immigrants, Living abroad, relocation, search for home, Transatlantic, Travel

I thought March 2020 would go down in history as the most bizarre month of my life. Running through airports in Buenos Aires to beat border shutdowns, selling my house in the US only to find I couldn’t get to England to buy another, tying a bandana around my face...