‘Get rid of brambles’ has been on our To Do List ever since I moved to rural central Portugal. That was almost five years ago….
What does it take to feel comfortable if you live abroad? I was recently interviewed for a television documentary about my experience as an expat. The…
It’s not enough to lay my hat somewhere to make it a home, although it’s a start. And home isn’t always where the heart is…
It’s been a busy year for me and my blog but it’s only now that I’ve stopped to reflect on the highlights of 2012 that I…
I’m getting excited about going to the Alcaide mushroom festival this weekend and in celebration of fungi, I’ve put together a collection of mushrooms and…
The nets, ladders and buckets are out again, signalling the olive harvest in my part of Portugal. Sadly, if the trees around our house are…
Silly as it may seem, given that I haven’t lived in the UK since 2002, I’ve only relatively recently embraced the fact that I am…
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