Of Fallas, Fatherhood, and the First Trip to A Spanish Doctor 15 March 2023 The Fallas festival is upon us. And this is such a big deal...

Of Rainy Days, Repairs and Getting to Know the Neighbors Forty-two days after our arrival in Valencia, Spain, we had our first rainy day....

Tomorrow evening will mark the end of our third week in Spain. Time to take a small step back and assess where we have been and how well...

Is there something about living overseas that introduces paralysis in making decisions? A few days ago, The Husband and I were in the...

06 January 2023 Buenos Dias everyone, and happy Three Kings Day or Dia de Reyes. Today’s holiday remembers the arrival of the three wise...

Part of adapting to a new place is structuring your life around a new schedule and we expected we would have to make some serious...

Sabado, 31 de Diciembre, 2022 We reached arrived at a milestone yesterday. After four days in Valencia, we reached the end of the list of...

We are coming down to the wire now. Nine days until we board a plane to live in Spain. The Husband and I are like boys on Christmas Eve,...

Happy Holidays Readers, I know my greeting is early for most of you, but today's big news has me humming carols despite the calendar. The...

This week's brand new challenge came in the form of an email from my publisher, Bold Strokes Books, with the message that before they...

Yesterday was apostille day for our household. What's an apostille? Well, it's not an incredible new form of taco or enchilada. Nor is...

Our preparation for applying for Spanish long-term residency visas got underway in August, and I thought an update might be good to do -...

Okay. First things. An apology. I've spent months doing all sorts of things that would have made great fodder for blogging, but was too...

When The Husband and I decided to sell almost everything we own and move abroad, we did so because we wanted a more exciting, diverse,...

This African-American History Month, I have been particularly conscious of the role ignorance plays in sustaining and deepening our...

This week, our pending emigration became even more real when we finally buckled down and sold The Husband's 2003 Mini Cooper S (pictured...

First, my apologies for not writing anything for a couple of days. My editor sent me his changes to my novel, and going through them is...

Dear fellow white Americans, Today, February first, is the first day of Black History Month and the day when we should start...

The Husband and I think we have identified something about how we experience time; once you decide to do something in the future, such as...

If you're a history lover as I am, the phrases 'consolidation in business' or 'consolidation in industry' might bring to mind a situation...