Alice Shepherd
My blogs
| Location | Arkansas, United States |
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| Introduction | I am a semi-retired teacher/librarian who's seen a lot of the world since leaving Mississippi at the age of 9. My teaching career in Arkansas enabled me to take part in the Fulbright Teacher Exchange program and widened my horizons because of my year spent in England on exchange. Another year back in Arkansas led me to realize that I had found my niche while in England, so I applied and was accepted at an international school about 30 miles south of London. Initially going for a couple of years, I wound up living in the UK for a further 18 years before being arbitrarily retired from my job because the school was still able to do that to people. The cost of living in the UK is higher than in Arkansas, so I found myself packing up 18 years of my life and shipping it home in 20 packing cases. I'm dedicating these memories to my daughter Deirdre, who has asked me to put down some of my life during my "formative years." I hope she enjoys them. |
| Interests | British life, British countryside, British films and TV, writing, baking |