Almost American

About this time last year we were looking at this map: We ended up losing power for 'only' two days - we had friends who lost pow...

I can't imagine Guy Fawkes' night being postponed. The whole point is that it's on the 5th of November. The same with the 4th of...

In the last week I've had almost 300 people land here from their Google search. Over 25% of them were looking for information about ...

That white stuff outside the window? 18" of snow and ice :-(  Thank you Trader Joe's - $3 was cheap for a little bit of spring!

We left the USA on July 31st for a 2 week vacation in the UK. We returned yesterday to find that it is apparently almost Halloween already a...

I remember my dad and brother getting really bad hayfever when I was a kid but I don't remember ever seeing as much pollen in the UK as...

I've never actually eaten fiddleheads - fern sprouts. The season for them is very short - only three weeks or so. They do have them in ...

Karen tagged me what feels like weeks ago for a meme about springtime that originated here . I've finally got around to it, mostly beca...

When I got home from work today, I found a message on our answering machine from President Bill Clinton. Yes, the man himself! Of course, i...

Another beautiful Columbus Day weekend, although it was a lot colder than this time last year. The trees aren'...

Was woken this morning by shouts from DS: "Mommy, mommy, it snowed!" Funny - that wasn't in the forecast! They predicted clea...

Memorial Day around here always means going to the local parade. Obviously it's a time to remember those who have died while serving in ...

No daffodils yet, though I saw some this morning on my way to work that looked as though the flowers will be out within the next few days. T...

(Image from At Home in the Upper Valley .) When it's mud season and you're visiting friends who live at the end of a long dirt driv...

It is sugaring season again here. Last week on my commute I saw the first sapbuckets out - a real sign that spring is on its way. We'll...

I remember a January day my very first winter in New England - walking across the quiet, almost empty, university campus and really enjoying...

This was Columbus Day weekend in the United States. This is traditionally a weekend when the roads here are swamped with out-of-staters driv...