Onwards And Upwards
2014 was a revolutionary year for me, and a turning point in my life. For ages I’d been toying with the idea of going back to England, or moving from Sevilla to another city, preferably a less traditional one, or
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The Road Chosen
The leftovers are finished, the old year is gone, and now we’re already three days into 2015. Three days! Yikes! This means I’m late writing my column but I have my excuses.
My only excuse, really, is that I was
The Expat Holidays, Celebrating The MischMasch Way
As most things in my little family, our holiday traditions are a bit of a MischMasch of what we grew up with and love from our childhood and various home countries. Where we didn’t spend so much time thinking about
New Year Greetings From The Morvan
Here in the Morvan the festive season is almost over. First there was Le Réveillon on Christmas Eve, with foie gras and oysters and standing room only in church. Christmas Day came and went, with turkey and bûche de Noël
The Christmas Spirit In Xi’an, China
“He’s checking his list, he’s checking it twice, he’s going to find out who’s naughty or nice…..”
Sing it with me!
“….Santa Claus is coming to tooooown!!”
No pretending you don’t know this one ladies and gents!
It’s one of
South Africa Diaries: Part 6 – Mission Two
Preparing For England
Within minutes of our arrival I was on the beach and wallowing in the warm, shark-infested, waters of the Indian Ocean. Cape Town beaches are great; with wide open expanses of sand and dunes on the West
Crackers Christmas
One of the most interesting things about living overseas is experiencing the way different cultures celebrate holidays. The Christmas Cracker has become one of my favourites.
Over 20 years ago I spent one of my first Christmases in Britain with
Panama, Where Friendship Is Easy
Since moving back to the US, I’ve become painfully aware of one huge difference between living here and living there.
Meeting people and making friends in Panama was easy. Doing it here is hard.
A vibrant social life was one
Christmas Birds In South Africa
It’s strange to pair the usual commercial Christmas characters with a summertime holiday. Polar bears, reindeer, and a jolly old man in a heavy, woolen red suit just doesn’t feel right.
We’ve seen our share of Santa Clause as adapted
A Month In The Life of an English Writer In Tuscany – November Reflections
The continuing adventures of June Finnigan, her Man, and Farty Barty the cat.
Benvenuti to all my Loyal and New Followers
Now you will have heard me mention before that here in beautiful Tuscany and indeed throughout Italy, the Italians