Friday was a PA day so the weekend started early for us…
Tag: the expat family
We Hunkered Down & Pressed On…
This current freeze reminded me of our first Canadian winter, four years ago. UK southern softies fresh from London life, we had none of the protective, insulating clothing most Canadians take for granted …
Heating A Canadian Home
Being cosy warm indoors while the weather hurls all the winter it can lay its hands on at you is a wonderful feeling, but it doesn’t come without a downside…
Point & Shoot – Blizzards, books & bumps in the night
What is it about getting spooked that makes you giggle?
Paris – The Friendliest Place On Earth
We pull into the fresh-looking plaza on the outskirts of town, its clean lines and manicured verges incongruous amongst the trees and cornfields round about, like work shoes worn with jeans…
Ties That Bind – What makes us ‘belong’?
A large part of Identity is tied up with ‘belonging’. I often hear people talk about feeling comfortable where they ‘fit in’, they mention places where they ‘belong’ or ‘feel at home’. So how do you know where you belong?
Childhood Is A Foreign Country
At five I played ‘Ring-O-Ring-O-Roses’ and ‘What’s The Time Mr Wolf’. I went to birthday parties, passed the parcel, ate cubes of pineapple and cheese off cocktail sticks without ever wondering why, and danced unabashedly to ‘The Birdie Song’…
Wherever The Fancy Takes You
J & T returned to school today and already the summer seems like a memory. I wrote this piece last week – it feels a million miles away right now…
What happens to the kids if you die overseas?
What are the chances of a pair of TCK’s from equally dysfunctional families getting married and having babies?
The A-Team
If any of you grew up with The A-Team, this’ll make you laugh…