Boreal Expat

Random thoughts of an American in Finland

Friday, August 18, 2017

The Limitation of Statues

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All the crazy news Donald Trump has generated over the past year or so has, until recently, overshadowed a long-simmering political issue ...
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Thursday, August 17, 2017

Heritage, History and Gasligthing

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After some back and forth with people on social media over the last few days, I have some thoughts on points I keep hearing from the other ...
Sunday, August 13, 2017

Dixie Chicks and Such

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One day this summer, as I headed out to do some work at our sauna-cabin (so called because it’s basically equal parts sauna and cabin – i...
Monday, August 7, 2017

Small Lies or Big Delusion?

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Once again I’ve been astounded this past week by how fact-challenged Donald Trump is. First up – the leaked transcript of phone calls. I...
Friday, July 14, 2017

Ron and Betsy Work It Out

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A lot of people have been claiming that the meeting Donald Trump Jr. had with a Russian lawyer who was offering damaging information on Hi...
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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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