Morjes!

Welcome to my blog. I write about fitting in, sticking out, and missing the motherland as a serial foreigner.

July 7th, outsourced

No one would buy my photos, so here they are for free: Mosul 2017.

An interesting perspective on "tourist tax" - charging tourists more than locals for entrance fees, etc. I've had opinions on both sides of this issue.

Women in tech speak frankly on culture of harassment.

Our mothers as we never saw them. [HT Cait]

A history of lip-syncing!

These split-screen videos of NYC 80 years ago vs. present-day are awesome. I would love to see something like that for Turku or other places I've lived!

 

Diner eggs

Diner eggs

Finland vs. the US

Finland vs. the US