Cora: a required foodie pilgrimage
Screech of tires. Wait? what is all this fuss about Cora? How do i spell that? Corra, Coreah, Cora. Why is everyone so
Three years in…
Later this month we will celebrate three years. Three years since our wedding day, and four years since we first met. Two, almost
Expat or immigrant: being an inbetweener
The idea of home has been a reoccurring theme of my writing for almost 10 years. What makes a home? what does it
I am a citizen, therefore I will vote.
I am a citizen, therefore I will vote. I am back in australia just at the minute. I’ll share more about why I’m
I say y’all and you can judge me if you like
Judge me. I say y’all. But I am not Texan. I say wee, and call bad fog over the sea a haar, and
The Green Card Club
The “you are preselected for a new credit card,” and the junk mail from cable companies are some of my least favourite kind
Land of the Free?: Meditations on being an immigrant
A Greencard. Surely, you’ve heard of those. Apparently they are the holy grail for the entire world. Because, it seems, at least if
When being In limbo is a gift: immigration paperwork
The last 20 weeks have been a whirlwind. A whirlwind of changes, of immigration paperwork, of realising just how little i understand about
When the world turns upside down
In my world, most of the world is north of where I stand. The water is scarce, the sun burns, and the only
The Murphy’s Law of International Removals
Some days don’t turn out anything like you imagine or hope. I had imagined ending the day with a feeling of relief washing