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Foreign food is un-American and weird, said a myopic children’s book author

March 24, 2015by expatlingo 27 Comments

I have found further evidence of a gaping hole in the children’s literature market. Last week it became clear that the children’s book Marvin Redpost: Class President was too American-centric to be […]

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View from the ragged edge: an eternal summer of transition

August 8, 2014by expatlingo 31 Comments

Son to stranger in taco shop: My monster bike is on a boat to Holland. Son to stranger at baseball game: My monster bike is on a boat to Holland. […]

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Young Americans Abroad

May 23, 2014by expatlingo 43 Comments

When I was seven, I lived at The Center of the Universe as a Mormon child in the American West. I lived in Taylorsville, Utah. We rode our bikes to […]

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Mortification at the Mechanic’s

March 21, 2013by expatlingo 15 Comments

My young expat is an equal-opportunity ignorer. Don’t worry, she’s not being rude to you because you’re Chinese, she’s being rude to you because you’re a living, breathing, strange adult. […]

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“Gangnam Style” medicine, or 20 dancing kids as as my “Personal Jesus”

December 20, 2012by expatlingo 4 Comments

Using my Facebook feed as a rough indicator, most Americans spent the week alternating from deep sadness to horrific rage over Newtown. I have been no exception and have fluctuated between […]

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Across the Pacific by air with two kids

July 2, 2012by expatlingo 9 Comments

And so our expat home leave begins. I’ll be on a slightly lighter “summertime” blogging schedule for the next two months. Happy summer holidays everyone, wherever you are!

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cartoon, expat life, travel

The chameleon-like accent of the expat child

May 28, 2012by expatlingo 20 Comments

The accent shift has already begun its swing. Three years ago, within weeks of starting nursery in the UK, my expat kid was already speaking like an “English” girl, in […]

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