Travel fiction – where the ‘right place’ transforms lives

Travel fiction – where the ‘right place’ transforms lives

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

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

by | 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...
So, A Veggie Platter Walks into A Courthouse …

So, A Veggie Platter Walks into A Courthouse …

by | Sep 26, 2019 | Anglophiles, Blog Post, British humor, British humour, British in the USA, citizenship, Expatriots, expats, hiraeth, Hireth, Homesickness, Humor, Humour, immigrants, immigration, Living abroad, relocation, search for home, Transatlantic, writer

  I assisted at a US citizenship oath ceremony last week, held at the District Courthouse in Madison, Wisconsin. By ‘assist’ I mean I crinkle cut vast quantities of veggies and lugged a cooler through courthouse security. No mean feat, actually, as the handle of the...