Where do I start?
As you should know by now we live in the Medical Center of Houston. Which is THE Medical Center in Texas. And yes, THE Medical Center in the USA.
Normal? What’s normal?
Normal: Conforming to a standard; usual, typical, or expected.
My Self (ie) – My Year
My year in pictures – well, just my selfies actually…..
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Merry Christmas Y’All !
Christmas – 5 differences and 5 similarities between the USA and UK
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Thanksgiving – a foreign perspective
If you are in the UK, generally speaking, you will not be too aware of Thanksgiving – it just passes you by. If you are in the US, you would have to be dead not to be aware of it. It signals the official start to the countdown to Christmas. Houses are bedecked, festive lights are popping up all over the city and the TV schedules have been taken over with Thanksgiving Day parades.
10 sure signs that you’ve had visitors…
We’ve had visitors! Rather a lot of them of late.
Here are the tell-tale signs that we have enjoyed the presence of family and friends in the past month.
Falling into Autumn….
Is it Fall or is it Autumn?
Road Trip – Nebraska, South Dakota, Wyoming and Colorado
I imagine that some of you might be hard placed to identify these states of the USA on a map. I certainly would have until now. 
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It’s a sair fecht…..
I was reading about polyglots recently – people who are multi-lingual – and feeling inspired, I resolved to learn Spanish. Again.
I have attempted to learn Spanish a few times, but the holiday got in the way. Spain is full of people who speak English so you end up giving up on your new found skills and resort to the easy way.
Normal life resumes….
Whatever ‘normal’ means in this country. Where just down the road there is a large billboard above a seedy looking store that proclaims ‘GUNS, TVs, Sell, Trade’. A store that has both guns and tvs on sale is probably not to be visited after dark, I reckon.
Where a family of seven is murdered by a jealous ex-partner in cold blood.
Where Donald Trump is running for President. Can I say more?
Where a walk in the sun is impossible in the summer heat, without just about passing out.
Whole Other Country 
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