Why Brits Live Longer Than Americans and Other Stories

I couldn’t sleep last night and, as often happens when I can’t sleep, I ended up reading a huge succession of random web pages.

NaNoWriMo Progress Update

I know that I’ve not spent much time on WordPress lately and as you’ve probably guessed it’s due to the struggles of trying to write 50,000 words in a month for NaNoWriMo.

An American Experience

One of my favourite things about living in a foreign country is that people are always suggesting American cultural experiences that I can’t miss but I have to admit I’ve been pretty lax at doing them so far.

“I love your Aussie Accent!”

Sometimes when I meet someone new here I have this terrible moment of realisation when they say something like “I’ve always wanted to visit Sydney” that they have misinterpreted my British accent as Australian. I don’t have anything against Australians of course but I’m really awkward and when that happens I am left with three choices.

Sergeant Squeaks

Last autumn I posted about impulse buying an hamster and naming her Sergeant Squeaks, if you want to find out more the post is here.

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.

A Seal of Approval

We left Nantucket on Sunday and were bid farewell by a long line of contented looking seals perched precariously on the breakwater.

Help!

If you have been a regular reader of this blog you will have noticed that I have been a little light on the posting front recently.

What I’ve Learned from NaNoWriMo So Far. Plus An Excerpt from my Novel!

I announced in October that I was going to be undertaking my first NaNoWriMo this year and I am pleased to say that I have actually gone through with it… so far!