Something I Miss: The chemist’s shop (pharmacy) in the little town where I lived in the UK was a step back in time, and delightful and frustrating for it in equal measure. If it had disabled access, I was unaware — all I know is that it had a narrow doorway and an awkward step [...]
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Miss/Love: The Chemist’s
Posted in It happens to an Expat, Observations of America, Observations of Britain, Observations of Life, Repatting, Something I Miss Something I Love, tagged America, Britain, chemist, Children, England, Family, healthcare, healthcare costs, kids, Life, Personal, pharmacy, prescription, prescription charges, UK, US, USA on March 26, 2010 | 2 Comments »
Miss, Love: Coffee
Posted in It happens to an Expat, Observations of America, Observations of Britain, Observations of Life, Repatting, Something I Miss Something I Love, tagged America, Britain, coffee, coffee shop, drink, Food, Life, Personal, UK, US, USA on May 25, 2009 | 4 Comments »
Something I Miss about Britain Coffee served in a mug — or better yet, in a big cup and saucer, with a real spoon for stirring. Over here in the US, it seems every coffee shop I go to gives me my coffee in a paper cup, regardless of whether I am order to go [...]
Something I Miss, Something I Love
Posted in It happens to an Expat, Observations of America, Observations of Britain, Observations of Life, Repatting, Something I Miss Something I Love, Who am I?, tagged America, Britain, butter, England, farming, Food, Home, Life, Moving, Personal, UK, USA on March 18, 2009 | 5 Comments »
Something I Miss I miss living in the countryside — the real, working, farming, smelly countryside. Isolated here in a vast wasteland of suburbia — surrounded by everything I could ever want and wanting none of it — I yearn to wake up to the sharp smell of cowshit on the fields, the sound of [...]

