I’m Catriona, aka The Frustrated Nester, writer, editor, and serial expat.
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What’s in a name? Why ‘The Frustrated Nester’?
Last week I took part in an Instagram live interview with the irrepressible Rossella of Going Expat. You can watch the whole conversation here (or just listen while you do your thing). One of the topics that came up was the name, ‘The Frustrated Nester’, and I realised I haven’t spoken about it for a… Continue reading What’s in a name? Why ‘The Frustrated Nester’?
Une Sortie Hors de la Bulle
Click here to read this post, first written in December 2016, in English. Décembre 2016 ‘Tu as peur? C’est ça?’ Non, je n’avais pas peur de rendre visite à notre ménàgère dons son quartier. Enfin, pas comme il pensait. Mais ça faisait deux mois qu’elle avait eu son bébé, et il avait raison de me… Continue reading Une Sortie Hors de la Bulle
Sketch: Saudade on a Saturday afternoon
[Lip-syncing: Fallin’] Alicia Keys is playing from the speaker in the corner. I’m enjoying it not just because I’m transported back to Saturday afternoons with Trevor Nelson on Radio 1, in my sunny yellow flat, the first flat I owned. My first self-created nest. But also because the music is…not loud…but insistently present. I have… Continue reading Sketch: Saudade on a Saturday afternoon
Crossing Generations
This is my response to the #Generations prompt for #MayontheMove2021 (learn more here). It’s raw and unedited, because otherwise it wouldn’t be here at all. This is not what I thought I was going to share today. Earlier in the month Jamey of @couragelifecoaching mentioned his ‘cross-generational heart’, which a few of us seized on… Continue reading Crossing Generations
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