I connected with artist Cath Brew in the forum I Am A Triangle (which is like an online ‘home’ for expats). Cath the woman behind ‘Drawn To A Story’ and has just published her book ‘Living Elsewhere‘ – a series of cartoons that beautifully depict those expat moments when you don’t know whether to laugh […]
A Monday Minute: Do Shampoo Bars Work?
One of the rooms in our house which contains the most plastic (after the kitchen) is the bathroom. The shower, specifically, used to be lined with plastic bottles of all shapes and sizes. Shampoo and conditioner. Shower gel. Face washes. Special shampoos for the kids. A ‘Manly’ shampoo and shower gel combo for my husband. […]
A Monday Minute – We All Need Some Mothering From Time to Time
As all the Brits out there will know, yesterday it was Mother’s day in the UK. I had planned to write a post about it, but it turned out to be one of those days. You know the ones – you have high expectations of a lovely family day together. I have learned over the […]
Expat Author: Saaskia Aark-Bennett
I met Saaskia through the Expat Book Club and was intrigued to hear that not only had she published ten books (in both french and English) but she also has her own You Tube channel with poems, interviews…and fabulous make up tips for over seventies! A truly international woman, this seemed like the perfect interview for […]
A Monday Minute: Spring Reading…
Because, let’s face it, I’d far rather do some reading than Spring Cleaning. Anyone else?! Since starting The Expat Book Club I have been reading more than ever – that coupled with the recent freezing weather which made curling up with a book preferable to doing anything else. But this morning it felt spring-like for […]
8 Essentials For A Successful Expat Move
There are so many things that need to be done when you are doing an expat move. List to be checked off, bags to be packed, things to be sold, things you need to buy. Passports. Visas. Miles of red tape (well, depending on where you’re headed). But here are my essentials, the things you […]
A Monday Minute – Life Is Like A Game Of Skittles…
Or ten pin bowling. And in this game, it’s us who are the skittles (although at the moment I’m feeling more bowling ball shaped, but that’s another issue entirely…). When you move, you end up in a place with lots of other people you have never met before. It may take a while, but these […]
A Monday Minute – A Plastic Free Cup of Tea
Plastic in teabags? I always thought teabags were made of paper and completely compostable. Turns out that’s rather far from the truth…
Expat Author: Stephanie Suga Chen ‘Travails of a Trailing Spouse’
One of the lovely and unexpected things that has happened since I set up The Expat Book Club is that I have made connections with lots of other expat women – all of them are readers, but some of them are authors too. So I thought I would do a series of ‘Expat Author’ interviews to highlight […]
A Monday Minute – Best Warm Gloves Ever!
As part of my being kinder to the planet aim, I have decided to try and be more conscious about what I buy. I want to buy things that will last rather than wear out and need to be replaced. And I also probably need to kick my Zara habit into touch a bit too… […]