Tag Archives: culture shock

Adventures in unpacking

Posted on July 18, 2010 by catbird2

I’ve been one week in a new apartment, along with Kyle and the three cats, and today I’m working on getting it to smell like home. I’ve got incense burning and some Indian curried chicken in the slow cooker, doing … Continue reading →

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A new car!

Posted on July 5, 2010 by catbird2

I’m moving this week, dear readers, and having internetz troubles at home. And so I present, from my home storage vault, an older tale about a previous move to keep you reading while I pack boxes and jiggle wires. Enjoy. … Continue reading →

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Lemons and plum juice

Posted on June 17, 2010 by catbird2

Adventures in being foreign Generally this is a space for waxing poetic rather than political. But today I was inspired by this campaign ad video from gubernatorial (that means governor) candidate Tim James, which has been burning up YouTube and … Continue reading →

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All My Boxes

Posted on March 26, 2010 by catbird2

A classic, from the era of my return to the South I thought when I went to college in 1997 that I was leaving Alabama residence for good. I started with Nashville, but soon branched out to explorations of Austria, … Continue reading →

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