Back online, back in the New World, back together

It has been a little over three weeks since my last blog post. After a long period without internet access, we’ve finally arrived safely in the US. These first days have been spent in an American cultural state of shock or – perhaps bliss, rather. We’ve done everything from family BBQs and mall strolls, to a movie visit and Taco Bell lunch. It’s almost surreal to be back here. Some things have changed a little; stores have disappeared and been replaced, the folks live in a new house, but overall it’s not much different from the way we remember it five years ago.

I’ve got so much to share – our Sweden visit was amazing – and I will slowly but steadily catch up with yo’all, but first things first: tonight I’m having chili and cornbread, and then I’m going to sit outside in the yard and smell the rain.