Tag Archives: expat

Local immunity

Posted on January 23, 2012 by

So far this winter I’ve been sick about 520 times. I’ve even managed to get a stomach flu on top of the sinus infection and strep throat that I already had. My doctor says I need to sleep more. She’s … Continue reading →

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Hurricane Albert

Posted on August 21, 2011 by

Roughly 58 years have passed since the Netherlands experienced anything resembling a hurricane.  In 1953, the North Sea Flood devastated the country’s southern provinces and caused 1,836 deaths. (For anyone interested in Dutch literature, Margriet de Moor delivers  a touching … Continue reading →

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Hello old friend

Posted on July 30, 2011 by

I’ve been slow to process all the information in my new home city–Amsterdam.  Sure there are tons of things to write about, but I’ve had trouble getting my thoughts organized into a coherent two-minute blog post. I decided it was … Continue reading →

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Autopsy

Posted on March 12, 2011 by

“Somehow you’ll escape all that waiting and staying. You’ll find the bright places where the Boom Bands are playing”    –Dr. Seuss, from Oh, the Places You’ll Go. It’s official. My old life is dead. It suffered from the long-term fatal … Continue reading →

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