Expat Humor

Cooking disasters, anyone? I was once faced with a culinary fiasco of mystifying proportions while living in an African village.

Our phone number was very popular. Strangers called us all the time, but were irate when I answered. They didn’t want a peppy foreigner on the line. They wanted somebody else.

Humorous insights and wisdom from famous writers about the travails of the writing life.

Are your plans for exotic adventures abroad in ruins? Don’t you dare get on a plane? Won’t the country let you out or in? I once found a bizarre exotic adventure nearby.

Once upon a time, before the year 2020, in a land far away, I found myself trapped, stuck in a tiny space and desperate to escape, but . . .