Boreal Expat

Random thoughts of an American in Finland

Tuesday, March 13, 2018

Gangland Diplomacy

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As North Korea has rapidly advanced its nuclear weapons capability over the last year or more, I have often been reminded of a movie star...
Friday, March 2, 2018

A Week in Trumpworld

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Wow, in Trumpworld political news comes so thick and fast that it’s hard to keep up. But this past week or so has been even crazier. Hope ...
Thursday, February 15, 2018

Immigration Word Games

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A couple of weeks ago I saw a Facebook comment by someone (presumably a Trump supporter) sharing his thoughts on what he wants changed in...
Tuesday, January 30, 2018

Hannity Dishonesty

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One thing that I suppose helps Trump supporters sleep at night is the notion that, despite his rotten, ill-tempered, chaotic, ignorant, con...
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Monday, January 29, 2018

Commonsense Voting in Finland

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Yesterday, I voted in the Finnish presidential election for the first time. But it’s not the first time I’ve voted here. (Non-citizen perma...
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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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