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I’ve been writing for a wider audience. Future publications will be added here as they happen!

I’m writing an ongoing series on adjusting to life back in Ireland after over 20 years abroad.

November 20 2018 – Nothing, nowhere compares to the golden taste of Irish butter

September 3 2018 – The ups and downs of returning to school in Ireland

June 22 2018 – Who knew the beaches of Dublin could be so lovely?

May 11 2018 – Bringing my family’s love of Eurovision back to Ireland

April 27 2018 – I haven’t voted in Ireland in 23 years. I can’t wait to have my say

March 25 2018 – Facebook has been a lifeline living abroad, but should I quit?

March 16 2018 – Saint Patrick and me

March 6 2018 – I’ve lived abroad longer than in Ireland. Have I been gone too long?

Earlier articles:

December 2017- Bringing my foreign-raised daughters to their first Irish panto

July 2017 – I’ll never forget the horrific attack on Oslo, then our home

April 2017 – My morning cuppa: A little piece of Ireland in Italy

January 2017 – Three cheers for wine-drinking, candlelit women

Florence’s monthly magazine for English-speaking visitors and residents accepted my suggestion of some articles about living with a family in the Renaissance city.

October 2017 – Visiting museums in Florence with kids 

September 2017 – Rollerblading with kids in Florence

July 2017 – The secrets behind Tuscany’s best beaches

June 2017 – Making a splash: swimming pools in Florence

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I write about language and the quirks of our family life in Dublin and previously in Italy and Norway. Read More…

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Wash my language?

Språkvask is the Norwegian word for proofing text. Literally it means “language wash”; a more poetic way of saying it!

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