Our TO house – this photo sparked a little reminiscing today. I miss my comfy living room. I miss you Toronto. I miss you Kensington Market. I miss you Bathurst St. house. I miss you TO friends. Sometimes you come across a photo while randomly searching through files and you have to pause. I loved [...]
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This entry explores a few memories of one of my hometowns, Victoria, Texas. For those of you visiting the blog with no experience in Victoria, just imagine how much your own hometown has changed over the years. Change is universal, but can be so shocking to an expat! This entry is cross posted at Ni [...]
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Last month I was forced to renew my passport. This is a pretty momentous event in the life of an expat. Our passport is our most treasured and protected document. With it, we can travel and live legally in our chosen expat domain. Without it, we are naked in expat purgatory, trapped, reliant on our [...]
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Not your typical travel photo… Visiting Kuwait’s Fairgrounds, 1992 After the Gulf War ended, Kuwait was left with a huge amount of discarded Iraqi weaponry. Much of it was left in the desert for later recovery. Some was moved to the Kuwaiti Fairgrounds where it was on display to the public. My guess is that [...]
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*Today is Kuwait’s Liberation Day – the day that Operation Desert Storm, the First Gulf War, successfully restored Kuwait’s sovereignty, eighteen years ago! Wow, I feel old. Yesterday was also Kuwait’s National Day. During my time in Kuwait, I remember these two days as being a time of jubilant celebration! (Lots of colored lights strung up on [...]
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Not that I remember… I believe I was six weeks old. Grand Canyon Circa 1976 My brother and sister might remember, however, as they were about seven and five years old. And they rocked the Grand Canyon! Check out my brother’s collar! The Wright Kids Rock the Grand Canyon Circa 1976 I obviously have no [...]
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I’ve been watching the construction of a new restaurant in our neighborhood with great interest. We are connoisseurs of Linyi restaurants, you see, and we’re always open to new options. After the turtle debacle, I was feeling like eating Pizza Hut last night. But instead we were lured by the flashing neon sign of the recently completed [...]
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I recently received an email from a friend with a Christmas Meme included. One of the questions asked, “Do you like egg nog?” When I read the question, I was suddenly seized by an overwhelming craving for the stuff. A serious craving that I would in no way be able to satisfy in Linyi, China, [...]
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The wee Global Gal visits four states at Four Corners, USA, Late 1970s This Photo Friday I decided to visit the archives for a travel photo. Here I am as a youngster visiting the Four Corners – the place where Utah, Colorado, New Mexico and Arizona meet. The Four Corners states have played an important [...]
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A pilot’s wife lives everyday with a little fear in the back of her mind. It’s something we must live with, and for most, it is a fear not unlike the one other people feel every time their loved one gets into a car. I’ve just learned that a friend has died in an airplane [...]
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I'm an American expat living on the fringe of Chinese society. Thanks to a lifetime spent moving around, I often feel like an outsider. This blog explores life in Beijing, China, the occasional aviation topic, expat issues, random travel experiences and interesting things I see, read and hear. If you want to know more about my latest hobby, visit Sewing on the Fringe, where I blog about learning to sew in Beijing. And for daily documentation of Beijing's ever changing air quality, visit My Beijing Window. And, yes, I do wear my santa hat year-round. ;)
