Love You From Afar: An Expat’s View Of Change At Home
For expats knowing where (and what) “home” is can be difficult. For many of us, we’re not really “locals” yet, but we aren’t really part of that place we came from anymore either. We’ve moved on....
View ArticleThe Land Of All Things: For Expats There Is No “Perfect” Place
For those of us who like to travel, and have long wanted to live overseas, we often imagine that there’s some country/place out there, some golden, shining bastion of goodness that will cure...
View ArticleA Better World: The Refugee Crisis and What It Says About Us
I regularly refer to immigrants, emigrants, migrants, and refugees in this blog. And, to some extent that last category has always been a somewhat obligatory attempt to cover all bases. And to my mind,...
View ArticleImmigrant Dreams: Fantasies of Prosperity, Happiness, and a Sense of Place
In light of the recent refugee crisis, many of us have had the migrant’s pursuit of happiness and a better life on our minds. But those of us privileged enough to choose emigration, rather than having...
View ArticleGetting On With It: Lessons in Making A Life
One of the things that simultaneously aggravates and inspires me is the Irish notion of, “It’ll be grand”, of just getting on with it, and making do. It seems so casual and whimsical, but “getting on...
View ArticleEverything Is Ireland’s Fault: Or Why I’m a Bad Immigrant
Hey, Ireland, I’ll let you in on a little secret. As much crap as you talk about the immigrants within your borders, we talk about you too. Even after nearly five years of living in Dublin, a town I’ve...
View ArticleImmigrant Awareness: American Isolation, Social Media, and Brexit
It seems all too obvious that living in another country would, or should, increase our awareness of the world; but I was not prepared for how much it would open my eyes not just about the rest of the...
View ArticleMulticulturalism and This Immigrant
Apologies for taking so long to post something, but it’s been a busy couple of months. In August I returned to filmmaking, my first love, and was fortunate enough to put together an amazing team of...
View ArticleThe World As We Know It: Local Experience & Global Impact
In light of recent political events, and the global protests this past weekend, it occurs to me that we immigrants are in a unique position. Having lived for extended periods in at least two cultures...
View ArticleI Thought Having the Paper Would Help: Meditations on NOT Being Irish
First, my deepest apologies for not writing sooner, and particularly for not writing in the lead up to my naturalization ceremony (originally postponed due to the hurricane, and ten rescheduled and...
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