eptivity

Remember about this time last year when I got my UK driving licence? I’ve driven, oh, maybe six times since then. What can I say—I don’t have many places to go, I prefer walking when possible, and I have a really nice husband who (mostly) uncomplainingly goes grocery shopping with me every two weeks. I’m [...]

I have a slight obsession with heraldry, which started about the time that I moved to England. This coincidence in timing is probably because certain English people care a great deal about their and/or other people’s rights to use coats of arms and whether they are using them correctly. Who knows where all the rules [...]

It’s that time again—time to spend hours filling out government forms begging them to please, please let us continue to live and/or work in the UK! We promise we won’t require recourse to public funds! (As it says on our current visas.) I really don’t like the part where we have to send our original [...]

Several months ago, Stephan’s mom came to visit us, and we went to this one place called Fountains Abbey, where I took this picture. The British have this saying about a “cat among the pigeons,” but this is more like: I like to imagine that this poor little cat just happened to be wandering by [...]

The five most important things I learned: How to pass the British driving test Allegedly one of the most difficult in the world, and I finally learned how to trick the system into passing me. I also learned that if you’re sick, you should just stay home and reschedule your test for a day when [...]