Boreal Expat

Random thoughts of an American in Finland

Wednesday, March 29, 2017

Cutting Off Your Nose

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There has been a lot of talk, and controversy, about President* Donald Trump's proposed budget for 2018 which was published a couple of ...
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Thursday, March 16, 2017

Count Forrest Gump of Finland

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On our short trip to St. Petersburg last summer, my wife and I mostly stuck to the typical tourist spots as we wandered around that histo...
Sunday, March 5, 2017

The PR Presidency

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A few days after Donald Trump’s inauguration, Sean Spicer was asked why his boss had not signed as many executive orders on Day One as he ...
Wednesday, March 1, 2017

Headscarves, Muslim and Otherwise

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A conservative friend in the US recently shared a story on Facebook about a young chess player choosing to forego a chance to compete in ...
Friday, February 24, 2017

Facebook and Death

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Last month, I was reminded what a very strange beast Facebook can be sometimes. As everyone knows, it can connect you to friends and famil...
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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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