I’ve come to an uncomfortable conclusion. It turns out that… well… I’m quite boring. I always had some suspicions of this but I’d had enough social success to be able … more →
Potential and ExpectationsStrawberry wrote 15 hours ago: I’ve come to an uncomfortable conclusion. It turns out that… well… I’m quit … more →
Strawberry wrote 1 week ago: I love bluegrass. And of course I can listen to bluegrass anywhere but it only feels right when I l … more →
Strawberry wrote 4 weeks ago: I walked out onto the front porch tonight, just for a moment, as the sun was setting. It had been a … more →
Strawberry wrote 1 month ago: I hit a real milestone in our repatting adventure the other day, one I wasn’t expecting at all … more →
Strawberry wrote 1 month ago: Something I Miss about Britain Coffee served in a mug — or better yet, in a big cup and saucer … more →
Strawberry wrote 1 month ago: On the news the other night, they did a live location report from a town that was on the way to the … more →
Strawberry wrote 1 month ago: I was watching the local news the other night about the floods in West Virginia. There was a bloke … more →
Strawberry wrote 2 months ago: When I woke yesterday and sat up in bed, I had to stop for a moment and think where I was. It just … more →
Strawberry wrote 3 months ago: Something I Miss About the UK: Bartenders who know what I want when I ask for a shandy or a lemon-to … more →
Strawberry wrote 3 months ago: That our cat was coming to America with us was never in question. She is one of us, an essential pa … more →
Strawberry wrote 3 months ago: Something I Miss I miss living in the countryside — the real, working, farming, smelly country … more →
Strawberry wrote 4 months ago: It feels like I haven’t seen my husband in weeks — it’s not true, but I haven … more →
Strawberry wrote 4 months ago: An envelope arrived today from the insurance company and I knew immediately that it would be the pap … more →
Strawberry wrote 5 months ago: As much as I don’t want to think about this — and I don’t, I don’t, I don … more →
Strawberry wrote 5 months ago: And yet, there really are so many things about Britain that drive me absolutely nuts. Jen has naile … more →
Strawberry wrote 5 months ago: I was chatting with a friend today — another mother I have met whose children are the same age … more →
Strawberry wrote 5 months ago: Today is quite a significant day and I feel I ought to write something monumental to match it, but n … more →
Strawberry wrote 5 months ago: As the mother of child with multiple severe food allergies, one of the potential situations that fri … more →
Strawberry wrote 5 months ago: Today I: Started it off by not getting to bed until 2.30am, because M was on call and didn’t … more →