Winter has arrived and it has been 6 weeks since I have started a new job… It’s perfect, it’s an education, it’s varied, it’s comfortable as I’m in my 9th year in this field yet it’s challenging and exciting as I’m in a completely new world of ‘Le Francais’. I have been an ESL teacher…
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Breaking the silence
I think it’s been around 4 months since I last wrote. This will be a short one, a sort of ‘closure’ post for myself as I feel the inspiration of writing returning to me but I want to have a small round up/clear the air post before I get back into it. Since returning from…
En France… En famille
I’ve been trying to figure out the right way to post an article about my week in France. To find the words I want to say, to describe my emotions throughout the trip, to explain the emotional path I went through – am still going through… and yet, I’m still feeling the feelings and cannot…
It’s going to be tough to leave…
I’m almost half way through my trip back to Europe. I’ve been to Spain, to Worcester, to Southampton, back to my hometown: Newcastle and to Lincoln (where most of my UK family live). I’m currently writing from Farnborough where my father works during the week, I can hear him breathing as he sleeps and it’s…
Returning A Foreigner
I’ve been back in the UK for 3 days now, currently taking the train from Newark to Newcastle… to return to my village. My cousin picked me up at Gatwick airport and we drove north to Lincoln immediately. My first flight was delayed due to weather conditions, my connecting flight was only a couple of…
First Return Home
I write to you from Montreal Airport. After just under 2 years – I’m returning to my place of origin – Europe. I can’t narrow it down any further as my family and friends are quite scattered – and having the dual nationality means I’ll always be a little split. I’ll add winter photos to…
NoNewClothes Project Finale
It’s been a year, in fact, a little over a year and I feel it is time to write about the project of 2017. November of 2016 I decided to spend an entire year without buying new clothes for myself. I decided this as an experiment and also, a necessity. Figuring that for the first…
Two weeks into Horticulture
The dream has begun, the fingernails are dirty and the muscles are sore… For two weeks now I have been working full time in a landscaping role, going to different properties throughout the day and spring cleaning-up gardens. Mostly, there has been some hard-scaping as well since a new vineyard is opening nearby and we…
Le attempt to Ski.
So, with 4 or more months of snow here, what should I do? I ask. Actually, am quite happy to go home after work and watch Netflix because it’s just ‘too cold outside’… but non! Outside we go. For the first time in my life I am living in a country where the outdoors rule…
A three-week photo diary
It’s already been three weeks out here and I only have two left before my three day drive to Ontario so it’s time for a photo essay. My first week was very intense with snow and new places, new people. Leaving Saskatoon City to a more northern community before heading out to the ranch. Population getting…
The IEC visa experience
Everyone has a different experience regarding the IEC working holiday visa, and as I am about to share my own experience I cannot speak for anyone else’s but perhaps it can provide a little guidance and consolidation even as I found it to be quite a worrisome and eye-twitching long moment in my case. I…
A little dragging of the feet…
It seems that I have run away to a long hot shower and worry-free night in a house away from the wilderness. I was excited to go back to some home comforts all day whilst continuing my trail-cutting work. Yet, now that I am here and it’s all warm and cozy and my hair is…
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