Mistakes Were Made

Hello readers! I realised this evening that I hadn’t posted in forever and with NaNoWriMo coming up in just a few weeks I need to get back into the habit of writing because I’m going to have a lot of writing to do.

The Missing Blogger

You may have noticed that I haven’t spent a lot of time on my blog recently, in fact I haven’t spent any time at all on WordPress at all apart from checking my reader every few days for new posts by others.

How I Became A Better Blogger

I first started this blog as a way of keeping my friends and family in touch with how my impending move to the US from the UK was going.

Happy Friday!

I have had one of those weeks where nothing seems to go right so it was hard to get that Friday feeling.

How Not To Play Croquet and Other Anecdotes

Yesterday my wife and I were visiting a beautiful historic house in Massachusetts when we came across a croquet lawn in the beautifully kept grounds. Having never played before I had no idea what I was meant to do but I still had a go.

A Year In America: Part One

This week marks a year since I moved to the US from the UK. To mark the occasion I’m doing a two part special looking at my first year in America with some of the more interesting things that have happened in my 12 months here. Happy 4th of July to all my American readers. 🙂

Things I Don’t Understand About America

I’ve been living in the US for nearly a year now and there is so much that I still don’t understand here. A lot of things that puzzle me are the obvious ones like healthcare and politics but if you are a regular reader of this blog you will know that I like to look at things from a different angle so here are the things that really puzzle me about the US.

Mad Dogs and Englishmen

There is a famous saying that “only mad dogs and Englishmen go out in the noonday sun” and anyone who has been to a hot country that British people frequent will know this to be true.

Sitting Pretty

Last week I posted about how much I miss beautiful England.

The Rookie Mistake

After 11 relatively peaceful days back in the UK I made a huge mistake; I went for a walk in the countryside surrounding my hometown. I know you are now expecting to see pictures of me in hospital