Tag Archives: Expat Life

ABOUT THAT WEATHER FORECAST

Posted on March 31, 2025 by abroadintheusa

Really? With all of everything going on, you’re going to talk about…weather? Absolutely—and not just because Brits love to talk about the weather and we’re expecting a big storm here this evening. (Although “weather” in the States is a whole … Continue reading →

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THE THREAT TO ACADEMIA

Posted on March 17, 2025 by abroadintheusa

I started today’s post about six times. Between attacks on the federal workforce and various government departments; vote suppression moves; erasing Black, Hispanic and female stories from government websites; threatening Panama, Greenland, and Canada (Canada?!); and decimating support services for … Continue reading →

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FIRES EVERYWHERE

Posted on March 3, 2025 by abroadintheusa

So, it’s been a minute (OK, nearly 5 years) since I last posted on here; that was in mid-summer 2020 when the Covid crisis was in full swing and Black Lives Matter protests were unfolding in cities across the US. … Continue reading →

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This Lousy Pandemic Script

Posted on May 7, 2020 by abroadintheusa

A few days ago I watched an online talk featuring two of my favorite writers, Neil Gaiman and Nora K. Jemisin (you can find it here  here). At one point they note that this pandemic is not the apocalypse that … Continue reading →

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America and the Royals

Posted on May 10, 2018 by abroadintheusa

Why are Americans so obsessed with the British royal family? You’d think, having fought a whole war over the issue of getting out from under a capricious royal-led government, that Americans would be oblivious to the goings on at the … Continue reading →

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Philadelphia Bleeds Green!

Posted on January 17, 2018 by abroadintheusa

Americans are huge sports fans, not just the big four sports — baseball, basketball, (ice) hockey, and (American) football — but pretty much anything that involves competition. They also love underdogs and stories of teams/players beating-the-odds. Which explains why the … Continue reading →

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Deep Freeze Update

Posted on January 5, 2018 by abroadintheusa

The word ‘cold’ doesn’t begin to describe it. We got about three inches of snow yesterday morning then the temperature plummeted. As I write this post at midday on Friday it’s warmed up to all of 15 degrees here in … Continue reading →

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Happy Freezing New Year!

Posted on January 2, 2018 by abroadintheusa

Winter arrived with a vengeance a couple of weeks ago in this part of the USA, and it doesn’t look like leaving anytime soon. The temperature has stayed below freezing for days and everyone is huddled in heavy coats, hats, and … Continue reading →

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Update from Apocalypse Central

Posted on October 11, 2017 by abroadintheusa

I haven’t written much on here in recent weeks, in large part because each successive news cycle seems to bring some event so devastating that I just don’t know where to start. But first, I should make it clear that … Continue reading →

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The Sound of Summer

Posted on August 10, 2017 by abroadintheusa

The heat of summer brings a distinctive sound to the eastern USA — not children playing or lawnmowers thrumming but the incessant shrill buzz of the cicada. As humans we’re often not aware of the soundscapes that form the background … Continue reading →

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