Tag: relocating

  • Last winter in Scotland

    Last winter in Scotland

    February is the twelfth-best month of the year. Doubly so in Scotland, one of the most oppressively rainy and dark places I have ever been. This is our fifth winter in a row here and, thankfully, our last.

  • Double-down

    Double-down

    Last week marked a year and three months since we’ve been in Scotland. It also marked the second birthday for our son Sam in Scotland, as well as living through a complete “cycle” of seasons in our new home now that we’re fully in autumn and summer is behind us. We’ve no longer just arrived.…

  • Scottish water and kilted yoga

    Between Scottish water and kilted yoga, the sense of pride the Scots have in their country is wholly foreign to this American.