When I wrote the other day about noticing and appreciating what is new, interesting or surprising in my life, this is not what I had in mind. In Estonia, snow in April is honestly not that surprising. It’s happened at least once during the time that I’ve lived here. But for the past few weeks [...]
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Not what I had in mind
Posted in Expat, tagged snow, spring, weather on Monday, 2 April, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
Something new in every day
Posted in Blog Stuff, Expat, I Like to Write on Thursday, 29 March, 2012 | 1 Comment »
I know I just wrote a post about change, but I feel the need to return to the topic for a bit. I know I rarely post anymore, and I think one of the reasons is that I’ve been living in Tallinn and working at the same job for 4.5 years now. Although new things [...]
Change is good (sometimes)
Posted in Expat, I Cook Sometimes, I Like to Write, tagged peanut butter, running, work on Monday, 19 March, 2012 | 5 Comments »
I was going to write a Lent update today, but when looking at posts from Lent last year I discovered this one about J discovering how delicious peanut butter is. That actually never became a problem– he doesn’t eat it on a regular basis so my stash is still my own– but what I was [...]
Shrove Tuesday / Vastlapäev
Posted in Expat, Something to Eat, tagged bun, Estonian, holidays, whipped cream on Tuesday, 21 February, 2012 | 3 Comments »
Happy Shrove Tuesday, or as the Estonians say, head vastlapäeva! I last blogged about this day a few years ago when we made pea soup, which is one of the foods traditionally eaten on this day in Estonia. The other food associated with today is the vastlakukkel — a lightly sweetened yeast bun with the [...]
Trader Joe’s
Posted in Expat, Something to Eat, tagged chili, dark chocolate, edamame, mango, nuts, Trader Joe's on Saturday, 28 January, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
Do you know Trader Joe’s? I’m sure my American readers have heard of it, but European readers probably haven’t. Trader Joe’s is a chain of grocery stores in the United States that sells a lot of gourmet foods, organic products, vegetarian foods, prepared foods and interesting snacks. Prices are kept low because the chain buys [...]
