<taps mic> Is this still on?

June 8, 2019 Karen Huber

My back garden smells great. It’s not so much the flowers, but the smoked peppers and tomatoes Matt is grilling for our early-June-but-still-feels-like-March Saturday chili. When we left for America last summer, we should’ve known Ireland would experience tremendous heatwaves and glorious sunshine. This year, though, while we’re happily home in Dublin for the summer, we’ve got cool breezes and intermittent rain showers. My children still leave the house in jackets, gloves and winter hats. We debate the merits of a morning or evening boost of heat. Our clothing is not yet on the line.

But we’re home - right now, for now…

Random things I want to tell you

September 3, 2018 Karen Huber

Dublin is home. We sensed this for awhile, but the extended time away only confirmed the rootedness in our hearts. We love KC, love Wisconsin, but we are where we are meant to be, and we are so very thankful.

Saturation Relapse and a Selfish Cure

April 10, 2018 Karen Huber

First, a confession: I’ve been lazy about writing. Since we received our Irish citizenship, I’ve wondered how my written perspective would change, or rather, if it even should change. Am I still an expatriate, a foreigner, a blow-in, a transplant, and now an immigrant?

Here + Now (Winter 2018)

March 1, 2018 Karen Huber

Here is cold, snowy, blizzardy Dublin. The whole of the country is shut down, a curfew is in place, and we are riding out Storm Emma and The Beast From The East. And now is a few months past due on a family, life and work update. Kids are home, Matt's away, a LOST marathon is on the telly...

Take me to the Sea

November 16, 2017 Karen Huber

We've made it a habit of settling in river valleys. It wasn't till I became an adult that I realized Kansas City nestled within the bluffs of the Missouri River. Not nearly as flat as you'd think, my childhood playgrounds were tree-filled and hilly, lush with...

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