Like more than five million others, I’m an American abroad. Except for a brief window of post-COVID sanity from 2022 to 2024, for the last ten years, I’ve lived in an emotional space that spans the chasm between gratitude and guilt. I know I’m not alone. I don’t presume to speak for anyone else. Like…
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March Forth and Read
March is my favorite writing month. The thirty-one days of Women’s History Month gives me an excuse to gather all my favorite things–women, words, and wit–on the page. Oh, who am I kidding? I never need an excuse to do that! March is also the month when you can grab a copy of It’s a…
It’s a Lot to Unpack
Hey friend, it’s been a while! What’s new, you ask? Well, in November, I released my second book, It’s a Lot to Unpack, a memoir of my journey from New York badass to international housewife, and the fifteen-year struggle to find a way back to the woman I left behind. Since then? Well, I’ve been…
The Loneliness of the Long-Term Expat
There are expats who bounce around like global jumping beans, serial movers, making home sweet homes wherever they go. There are one-shot Wandas who live abroad for the turn of an Earthly axis or two before they replant themselves, a year or two of fond (or dismal) anecdotes and lots of holiday photos to share…
Wine and Cheese (Doodles) 