There are a lot of tiny but profound things I’d forgotten about British culture in my absence. There are the obvious and oft-repeated vocabulary differences, and there are plenty of (mainly humorous) idiosyncratic dictionaries devoted to parsing them all out. Then there are some more subtle things: when I first arrived in England I’d taken … Continue reading
Author Archives: Caitlin McDonald
Travel, Tea
It wasn’t until about twelve hours after I got off the plane that I realized I’d grabbed the wrong jacket. I went to put my hand in the pocket and realized there was a zipper where there shouldn’t have been anything. Plus my infamous Grumpy hat, obtained on a cold day at Disney World, wasn’t … Continue reading
Floridian Delights
I always love arriving in Florida. Flying in everything is so sunny and bright, with the light reflecting off the water making it a shade of blue not found in other parts of the world. Step off the plane and the heat hits you – whoosh! – and suddenly the world is full of palm … Continue reading
Some Stuff I'd Like to See on Skirt
So now that I’ve had quite a while to play around with the Skirt! website, there are a few features I’d really like to see adopted. I’m grateful for our lovely webspace and especially the community created here no matter what, so just consider this a pie-in-the-sky dream list. Notification that a comment … Continue reading
Life, Wired and Wireless
Managed to pry my eyes away from the glowing screen today to go out with my mom. We went to see a movie (also a screen, but much further away from my face and less likely to damage my eyesight in the long run). There was a Fire Incident as we were trying to buy … Continue reading
Giving a Talk on Sunday
If you’re in the Tampa area, I’ll be giving a talk about my research in Egypt on Sunday the 29th at 7:30 PM at the Hip Expressions Belly Dance Studio in Saint Petersburg, FL. Here’s the link to their announcement. They’re at 1108 62nd Ave. N, in the plaza across from the Winn-Dixie. Hope to … Continue reading
Wal-Martica
I’ve been very much looking forward to getting back to Britain and writing about the various idiosyncrasies and customs that I find strange there (flaming tar barrels, anyone?) However, I realize that some of the people who read this blog actually live in England and would most definitely find aspects of American life strange. (On … Continue reading
Small Victories
Due to my line of research I spend a lot of time listening to Arabic love songs. I really enjoy this aspect of my work but truth be told I only understand about 30-50% of the songs, usually. Fortunately it didn’t take me long to realise that love songs in all languages are basically the … Continue reading
Photo troubles
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California Photos
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