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Where I Live: Books
One of my favourite moments in life is that space between opening a novel and discovering yourself in another country, sliding from your comfortable sofa with your feet tucked up underneath you, to a new place, the landscape forming around you as you walk along with your protagonist. Anticipation at the book’s threshold: The place [...]
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Where I Live: Junk Food
I am a foodie. I love all kinds of food: I love slimline salads that look Pinterest perfect. I love Michelin starred fancy food with flavour combos that if your four year old suggested them you would laugh till you cried and put it on Facebook for everyone else to ‘Like’ and say ‘awww, kids!‘ [...]
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Talliston Writers’ Circle
What benefit does being a member of a writing group give me?. . . Running along the uneven road Melissa watched the heavy clouds roll overhead and then their darkness fell to Earth, pouring rain across the landscape, the road immediately turning black. Her feet quickly wet, the rain reached through her hair down [...]
Continue ReadingHow British Expats in the USA Can Protect Their Pensions
This helpful post was written and paid for by Which Offshore. Read on for useful information on pension transfer… It is the allure of the American dream that persuades many to seek a better life in the USA. Although immigration rules for British expats are relatively strict, those who make the move can expect lower [...]
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The Butterfly Boy, Tony Klinger – a review
I love meeting people because I’m interested in their stories. I don’t care what job they do, what country they’re from, what beliefs they hold I like to hear it all. I find most people’s stories pretty interesting, but sometimes I meet someone who has a story that’s at least 2 standard deviations away from [...]
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The Little Grief
The inescapable torment I do battle with every time I say goodbye, and today: A hug for my brother, a hug and a kiss for my husband and we said goodbye at the airport. The air around them hummed with their excitement (and nerves, I think—the pressure!) to join friends for a week of golf [...]
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Welcome to BritMums Live!
In a month and a day BritMums Live, the biggest parent blogging conference in the UK will begin and I will be there to welcome you along with the rest of the team of BritMums Butterflies! We’re a friendly bunch of bloggers who are excited to help all the conference attendees who are a bit [...]
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Keep Calm and Carry Vegemite – an expat memoir
Even if you had never heard of the Keep Calm poster and various spinoff memes, the title of Allison Rushby’s travel memoir would make you smile with understanding. It’s an excellent hint at what’s inside, the adventures of this Aussie family expatriating to the UK for a year, beginning with the decision to just do [...]
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Where I Live: Vignettes of Green
Well yes. Living in England in May all you see is a rainbow of green. The field that rolls away from my house down to the river wears a coat of bluegreen kitten fur, newly sprouted wheat that I want to run my hand slowly across. A hedgerow, with the redgreen of tough, old Hawthorns, [...]
Continue ReadingEvery Contact Leaves a Trace, a review
Every contact leaves a trace is Locard’s principle that traces of evidence are exchanged at moments of contact. This first novel, Every Contact Leaves a Trace, a literary mystery by Elanor Dymott is set in Oxford and London, and tells the story of Alex and his enchanting wife, Rachel, and how little he knows about [...]
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Where I Live: Contrasts
I once lived in an exceptionally miserable little block of flats in London. The stairwell was made of grey cement and every corner collected grey dust, faded crisp packets and bits and pieces of stray things so that if you were climbing the stairs with bags, the bags brushed these piles of collections, swirling them [...]
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Sightseeing where you live
What local sight would you show me if I were to visit where you live? Would you show me a cathedral for the history? A pretty bridge for the quiet contemplation? Your back garden for the special place where you like to spend time? The grocery store for all the interesting foods? A bend in [...]
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The scent of coffee
Friday morning my husband’s bleep went off even though he wasn’t on call. He got up, looked at it, turned it off, and got back in bed. I looked at the clock and it read 5.45 and I toyed with the quickly fading images of my dream wondering if I could return to sleep. The [...]
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Brutes and Bakewells: An afternoon in Ashbourne
Something a bit different for all you Anglophiles today! I’ve heard about this (I think on BBC’s Country File) but never witnessed it in person and I could certainly never write about it this well. This post is written by Matthew Pink, a writer and editor working in digital publishing. He blogs on travel, culture [...]
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Love where you live? Or…not?
What do you love about where you live? I have my favourite things, what are yours? Is it the way the light hits the trees in the mornings, melting the frost on the leaves, or the way spring overflows the roadsides in foamy whites and lush, pale greens, or the friendliness of the people even [...]
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Brilliance in Blogging Awards – We’re connecting!
Receiving feedback from my readers is one of the most rewarding things about blogging. I love the comments and interactions, whether they come through as comments here, a conversation on Twitter or Facebook or even when someone I know in real life stops to talk to me about something I’ve written. Connecting with others is [...]
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Where I Live: Books
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Where I Live: Junk Food
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Talliston Writers’ Circle
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Where I Live: Indoors
- How British Expats in the USA Can Protect Their Pensions
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Where I Live: Perfect bank holiday
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Would you take a caravanning holiday?
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The Butterfly Boy, Tony Klinger – a review
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The Little Grief
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Where I Live: Cities (I love this city!)
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Emma: @Iyas, how about a History of Eel Pie Island book....
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nappyvalleygirl: Mine would have to be The Great Gatsby as it's bas...
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iyas: The only book set here that I am aware of is the L...
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Jody Brettkelly: Love seeing how eclectic you are - and yes you are...
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Mammasaurus: Ooo now I need to think about that and get back to...
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