Category: Arabian Musings
Quick life update: Still alive and blogging!
So with my son’s school currently open I’ve finally found the time – and a...
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The comfort and pretence of finding normalcy
In the seven years since my dad died it has been easy to imagine that he was still around, just...
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A decade as Mr & Mrs – our Dubai wedding
Ten years. Ten whole years since that warm October day in 2008! I can’t believe it’s...
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A new normal: learning to live with chronic illness
I can’t pinpoint when it started. Of course everything changed when my son was born, and like...
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Thoughts on a World of Relentless Self Promotion
So here we are again, it’s been a while! I wrote before I went to Sri Lanka about my own...
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What I Learned from Failing as an Expat
Whilst I was excited to go on holiday recently, I’ll admit that I was a bit apprehensive...
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In Pictures: 10 Years in the UAE
On this very day 10 years ago, after having packed up my life, sold some of my things, sent even...
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Finding my Motivation: Inspiration in Abu Dhabi
It seems like life is passing me by lately, things on the to do list never seem to get crossed off...
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Mummy Musings: “what’s wrong with me?”
I don’t often write about being a mother. But this week, on the day my baby started nursery...
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Going Logo Down in, er… Abu Dhabi
So I’ve been pretty quiet since I got back from my trip to the UK, but that doesn’t...
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The Truth about Life in the UAE
What everyone wants to know – here it is – the truth about living in the UAE: 1....
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My hopes and dreams in review
I talked in my first ever blog post about how I’d learned about far off places that ignited...
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