Category Archives: expat

my experiences with becoming a UK resident

A spicy birthday gift

By jEN | Published: January 7, 2011

One of my closest friends in the world sent me this awesome collection of American and Mexican spice packets for my birthday! Also in the shot is a sinister-looking absinthe lip balm, which is pretty good! (Handmade, all-natural from For Strange Women.) Jodi, you are the best. Thank you. I may have to make some [...]

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Me and the sea

By jEN | Published: July 19, 2010

The beach, climbing the rocks, breathing the sea air, feeling the sand give slightly under my feet, feeling the sun warm my body, feeling my muscles flex and conquer rocks and boulders and hills and hikes, hearing the gulls and tiny cliff birds, squealing when a surprise surge splashes my feet, watching for seals, spotting [...]

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Happy Fourth, America

By jEN | Published: July 4, 2010

Hope you’re all having a great weekend! Love to my friends and family in the country of my birth. xoxo

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Sunset over Crackington Haven

By jEN | Published: April 2, 2010

We’re guessing that as the months pass, the sunset will be over the ocean. “This is where we live,” is a phrase Neil and I say to each other (in a slightly dreamy tone) nearly every day and we mean it as a gentle and blissfully content alternative to saying, “Well, shit, goddamn. We live [...]

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