Take that (again), Norman Rockwell… #thanksgiving #humor #travel #Scotland
A few years ago, we celebrated our first Thanksgiving in Glasgow. I already knew it would be difficult to get …
Tag Archives: England
Why I’m Not a Teacher #humor #teaching #ThrowbackThursday
“Good news. You get to teach my students about getting a job,” said my sister. She had just picked me …
The best worst train ride ever #humor #travel #London #pregnant
Or…where I’ve been all summer (instead of writing). My daughter has been in and out of hospital for the past …
#London Part 4: #ChatBomb #humor #travel
How to scare Londoners They survived the Great Fire, plagues, the Blitz, and Donald Trump’s visit, all with a stiff …
#London Part 3: Hell, sleeping Victorians, or buried alive? Plus #BookReview APPRENTICED TO MY MOTHER by @geofflepard #humor #Memoir
[MY APOLOGIES TO MY NEIGHBOR PETER AND TO SISTER MARY SIXTH GRADE: my friend Peter informed me (correctly) that in …
Hundreds of Tiny Threads: #BookReview of The Howarth Family Trilogy by @JudithBarrow77 #Family #HistFic #TuesdayBookBlog
Chains do not hold a marriage together. It is threads, hundreds of tiny threads, which sew people together through the …
The Beast Approacheth: Weather Gobsmackage #BeastFromTheEast #humor
Weather and politics. It’s all local. When I first moved to Chicago, I was too young to appreciate The First …
Like a Virgin (train) #humor #travel #SundayBlogShare
OAP: Accepted UK abbreviation for Old Age Pensioner (OAP), used in humiliating government forms and the occasional seriously good …
Separated by a common language #Blogversary #humor #ThrowbackThursday
I took my first skydive jump because the instructor ‘helped’ me out of the plane (via a boot to my …
Would you eat your #unicorn? Unicorn DNA and the role of food #humor #food
I’ve been thinking about the role of food in our life story because I’m reading Patricia Sands’ luminous new release, …
