Back in the USA

It's gratifying to wake up and find that the Rocky Mountains aren't the only place to get heaps of snow.  Listening to the BBC news this morning, I heard that my old stomping grounds in southeastern England (as well as just about all the rest of the country) were covered in snow and nearly everything had ground to a halt.  It made me laugh to think of how many times I had driven in snow this winter and had to dig out of a couple of feet in the morning just to get the kids to school.  My daughter is going to be so miffed when she finds out that her old friends are having a snow day off school.  That's how it is in the Rockies - no one gets the day off unless they have at least six feet blocking their door.   For a great look at the snowy British mess, click here:  http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/7865370.stm 

We're enjoying unusually warm weather this week.  The weatherman actually predicted about 50 degrees Fahrenheit by Thursday.  My niece in Alaska is cross with us and says we shouldn't get that kind of warmth, but I reminded her that we will probably be back in the deep freeze before too long.  That's what you get here.

This blog is about living between the US and the UK and other topics that come to mind.  We have an interesting mixed "half and hoff" (say it with a british accent) family and have spent more than eight years of our married life in the UK.  We now reside here in the crossroads of the west, the Utah Rockies, and enjoy the various benefits of US life, too.  We miss many of our British friends and family, although most of our British family is in western Canada now. As this is MY blog, it will be devoted to literature, cross cultural interests, history, and even food, as I have enjoyed learning about differences in American and English cooking.  Let me know how you like it.