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You're An Expat 20 May 2013 | 08:20 am
Travelling is often a very selfish act. You choose when you want to go, what you'd like to see and how long you'd like to go for. Often as travellers we underestimate just how much our arrival is goin...
This Is What I Had Hoped For You 18 May 2013 | 09:25 am
The first words I heard were from the medical student. He was new to the baby business, not new enough that he hadn't seen the process before, but new enough that he hadn't been told that "Woah, that...
Football Season 16 May 2013 | 12:45 pm
My father lived in a house full of women. It never seemed to worry him that he was the sole provider of testosterone. There was never an "If I had had boys" conversation. He now has grandsons and I've...
This Blog Was A Complete Accident... 15 May 2013 | 12:31 pm
On the 27th November 2009, I did two things. The first seemed far more monumental at the time - our move to Doha. The second was a last minute haphazard decision to start a blog. I figured that rather...
Arctic Desert Warriors. 14 May 2013 | 10:32 am
Remember last week when I spoke about the weather ? The heat was yet to arrive. We were too busy with sandstorms, hail, sprinkles of rain and lovely cool weather. Well that was last week, this is now...
It's Not A Journey To Be Endured 13 May 2013 | 07:59 am
This is the road that falls smack in the middle of my hometown and the beach house. In the past week I've been forced to reflect on the process of writing, initially there was an interview for a mag...
Tomorrow, I'll Be Better At It Tomorrow. 12 May 2013 | 12:51 pm
We were half way to school when Henry Hotdog mentioned that he hoped G could come along today. My brow creased as my eyes darted in the direction of the rear view mirror. I was confused. Dad? Coming?...
"What Do You Think Of Being A Mum?" 11 May 2013 | 01:00 pm
Mother's Day in Norway is celebrated in February. In the UK it's the fourth Sunday in lent. In Mongolia, it's in June, and in Russia it's in November. Indonesian mothers have to wait until December. M...
My Designs! 9 May 2013 | 10:30 am
At the end of March, Henry Hotdog (aka the 4th little traveller) arrived home with a little book he'd made for me. In the book he told me I was "grate". I was "grate" at everything. I was a "grate" co...
This Is Our Suburbia 8 May 2013 | 12:50 pm
I scrolled my way through someone else's morning. Mrs Woog had snapped a few shots as she walked her children to school. I looked longingly at the footpaths and sealed roads. It was a mixture of lust ...
