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Gratitude 38, I Don't Need Much
Today I am grateful for: A bit of cool – In England, a day like today would have people complaining about the oppressive heat and the papers warning of OAPs dropping like flies but, here, aft… more →
Potential and Expectations
Gratitude 38, I Don't Need Much
Strawberry wrote 1 month ago: Today I am grateful for: A bit of cool – In England, a day like today would have people com … more →
Gratitude 30, A Real Fourth of July
Strawberry wrote 1 month ago: Today I am grateful for: The first 4th of July holiday I have spent in the US in 15 years. The tow … more →
Hunting on the Edge of Impossible
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Strawberry wrote 1 month ago: When the realtor and I finished our hot and humid day of househunting, and I poured myself a cold gl … more →
Lost in a Television Wilderness
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Strawberry wrote 1 month ago: “American television sucks!” M announced the other night and I can understand what he me … more →
Gratitude 8
Strawberry wrote 2 months ago: Today I am grateful for: Baked beans on toast — the very best comfort-food ever, and just wha … more →
Gratitude 5, Country Music
Strawberry wrote 2 months ago: Today I am grateful for: Country music radio stations — lots of them, right there on the radi … more →
All the Better for Hard Lessons
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Strawberry wrote 2 months ago: There is a part of me that is telling me I need to write something positive or I will start to lose … more →
Nearly The One... But Not Quite
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Strawberry wrote 3 months ago: Finding a house to buy is exhausting and emotionally-draining work but, really, it ought to be dead … more →
Finding Perspective
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Strawberry wrote 3 months ago: I spent half of the day today fretting uselessly about money and trying to shake that uncomfortable, … more →
Lost in Translation
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Strawberry wrote 4 months ago: There are so many odd words that you don’t give a moment’s thought to when you’ve … more →
Pondering The Politics of Colour
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Strawberry wrote 4 months ago: I am trying to figure out how (or whether) to teach my toddler about race. It’s never been a … more →
Enough!
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Strawberry wrote 4 months ago: I keep sitting down to write something, but nothing comes. This week, it’s just kind of felt … more →
Hope, Faith, and British Television
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Strawberry wrote 5 months ago: I find I have become addicted to whatever British television programming I can get: BBCAmerica (desp … more →
Of Pawprints and Possibilities...
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Strawberry wrote 5 months ago: When you have grown up with it, it doesn’t seem like such a big deal — but to someone wh … more →
The Thrill, as It Turns Out, was Still There
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Strawberry wrote 6 months ago: I thought I’d lived in Britain for so long that I’d become completely used to it — … more →
Hello, Guess Who This Is...
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Strawberry wrote 6 months ago: It dawned on me today that I will never have the luxury of anonymity again. When I moved to the UK … more →
She's Just What I Needed
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Strawberry wrote 6 months ago: As if to welcome me back specially, tonight is the Miss America pageant. I hadn’t given this … more →
Things I am Looking Forward to about the States, Part 3
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Strawberry wrote 7 months ago: We’ve spent most of the past few days packing — an emotionally draining way to spend the … more →
Identity
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Strawberry wrote 8 months ago: I learned something about myself in the past few days: I finally understand one of the driving force … more →
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