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House renovation update: it’s “going”, just not sure where yet
My buddy asked me how the house renovation project was going and I responded quickly without thinking: “It’s going good” I said. Then I thought about it more. “Welllllll, good probably isn’t the right word there.” It’s “going”, that is for sure, but I don’t know where just yet.
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Winter solstice in Scotland
Today is our 3rd winter solstice since moving to Scotland, and it is dark. There are quite a few things I’ve learned since moving, and the vast shifts in light that one experiences over the year is one of them. The light, not the weather or temperature, is the biggest difference between the seasons in…
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They vs we
I’ve just returned from my first trip to the states since I moved away two-and-a-half years ago. In the time since I moved to Scotland, I have dearly missed all the things that “we” Americans have access to, and lamented the things that “they” don’t have in the UK. I expected to be overjoyed with…
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Trapped full: our two words for 2021
As part of a community “postal art project” that started recently, my daughter and I were tasked to come up with a word that describes how we feel about a space in our home or garden after spending so much time in our homes over the past year. Once we chose the word and the…
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Mars bar on the side
I came across somebody’s previous night dinner (or breakfast?!?!) on the streets of Glasgow yesterday.
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House renovation starts in one month, here is a quick visual tour
One month from now (January 3rd) we’re starting our home renovation project. It actually started a long time ago really, but this is when we get to take a sledge to the walls and let the joiners, electricians, and plumbers in to start doing their thing. It’s hard to describe what we’re doing to the…
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My (long) road to getting a UK driver’s license
Last week I finally passed my driving test and officially became a licensed driver in the UK! 😎 I’ve been in the UK for nearly two years at this point and had been unable to drive on my own for nearly a year of that time as you only have one year allowance on a…
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Writing and drawings by Nick.
