Boreal Expat

Random thoughts of an American in Finland

Wednesday, November 24, 2010

Thankless outrage

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One thing I’m grateful for this Thanksgiving holiday is that I’m not traveling in the States.  Already the busiest travelling time of the ye...
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Tuesday, November 23, 2010

Royalty

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Prince William announced last week his engagement to Kate Middleton, apparently some long-anticipated news.  Not that I would know, since th...
Thursday, November 18, 2010

Freeze-dried emergencies

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In my daily trolling of the Internet, I saw that Glenn Beck is now encouraging Americans to stockpile a year’s worth of food in order to sur...
Sunday, November 14, 2010

Flags

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One day last week, I glanced out my window and noticed a flag flying at half-mast above the pastel, wooden row houses across our street.  It...
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Saturday, November 6, 2010

Post Election Stress Disorder

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I’m still recovering from the shock of this week’s midterm election in the States.  Well, “shock” isn’t exactly the right word, I suppose, s...
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Kent Tankersley
I’m an expatriate American living in Finland, where to my utter surprise, I’ve somehow spent half of the fifty-odd years of my life, so far. Time does have a way of sneaking up on you. As an American and long-time resident in a foreign land, I often feel pulled between two worlds, no longer completely familiar with the land of my birth after so many years and yet not always a full-fledged member of the society where I’ve made my home. Call it the dilemma of the expat. You gain new experiences when you stray far from home and broaden your horizons, but you lose something as well. Finland, an unassuming country on the fringes of Western Europe, is not the most obvious place for someone from a tiny town in North Georgia to find themselves. How the hell did I get here? And why do I stay?
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