Driving Miss Daisy

When you’re a world citizen moving from country to country, there’s always a lot of paper work to do. However, some exercises are of the more practical sort, like taking the driver’s license! -Oh no! The first time I lived abroad I realized that I had to take a new driver’s license, more than 20 […]

Creative artist on two continents

Christina Roos is a Swedish ceramist, illustrator and assistant professor, with studios in Houston and on an island in Gothenburg’s archipelago. She gets inspiration from her everyday life. The tasks are many, and so are the challenges. The electrical gate opens silently an early morning hour. The low building, covered with corrugated iron, sits lonely […]

Chased by the weather gods

Being an expat, new continents with different climates might be a part of your daily life. Before moving to places like Newfoundland, Brazil, Texas and Alaska I had an idea of how it would be – but, as it turned out, I couldn’t be more wrong! Our first expat assignment brought us to St. John’s, […]