Author: Tammy Perlich

I left my career, my clan, and my continent. I love Europe and settled in Gibraltar, but beyond that, who knows what the future holds?

Cold Shivers Down My Spine

It’s the end of November, and I’m cold.  Isn’t part of the reason I left Canada because I hate the cold? As I type this, it is around 10 in the evening in time and about plus seventeen in temperature. How can I be cold? There is a complete absence of central heating. Yes, that’s…

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Re-Wiring

Roughly two weeks into my time in Gibraltar, I thought, “where the hell have two weeks gone?”. I was under the weather and my time zone clock was totally screwed up when I arrived. The clock got straightened out rather quickly, but I got a full-blown cold in the middle of summer that refused to…

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Return to Gibraltar

Saint Lucia was cool. But it didn’t change one thing – if I could live anywhere in the world, it would still be Europe. So, to follow the advice of my yoga instructor, “if you want to be in Europe, then go to Europe and see what happens!”.  So here I am.  I don’t need…

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Searching for Home

I have taken a bit of a writing hiatus. A friend from home came to join me for a bit, so writing went to the back burner. This is why I don’t know if I could ever be a “writer”. I love doing it, but it is difficult, solitary work, and when I instead have…

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Transfer Day – Soufriere to Castries

I think I fell in love with Soufriere, this little town of 5,000 people. How could I not, when it gave me a rainbow every day? It is tropical, which means hot and humid. So many of you, my dear friends, would hate it. The heat beats down on you, the sun literally blisters your…

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Goodbye Home

The picture snapped as I fly away from the city where I have lived most of my adult life. July 27, 2014. Everything since that date has been leading to this moment. For the first time in my life, I saw a psychologist. I had no idea what to expect. All I knew was that…

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