Right up until Thanksgiving Day, I didn’t think about the impending holiday. Then Thursday arrived and it hit me; a lump in my throat; homesickness. I was relieved. I hope I always miss home on Thanksgiving. That evening I attended… Read More ›
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Thanksgiving
Today is Thanksgiving, our third since moving to Europe but the first which I will work. Without family or friends, football games or turkey; today is just the fourth Thursday in November – a Hungarian workday like any other. Burning… Read More ›
No Country for Dreamers…
We tackled a poem during a recent lunchtime English conversation class; Dreams Deferred by Langston Hughes. Not being terribly poetic myself, I stumbled upon it googling “Poems for ESL students”. Poetry can be tough to interpret in a second language… Read More ›
A Photography Workshop in North Wales
Clouds continually form and fade on the eastern flanks of Mount Snowdonia in North Wales creating the ever-changing light effect associated with this area. The hills are dabbed with fits of orange and yellow, an occasional smudge of stubborn green…. Read More ›
Sadly, I Relinquish My Crown…
One of my proudest moments was winning the gold award as best expat blogger from Slovakia. While I realize this was not the equivalent of winning France or Italy or England (or any of a dozen other countries), the http://www.expatsblog.com… Read More ›
The World In Between 