The year was 1991. I was twenty-eight, optimistic, and an American teaching maths in Forres, Scotland. When I invited the nine members of the maths department and their plus-ones to a traditional Thanksgiving meal, it would take the Church of Scotland, the butcher Macdonald, and the Royal Air Force to make it happen.
Ellen Barone is an American writer and wanderer. After 15 years as an independent content creator for travel and tourism, she has been enjoying extended stays abroad for the past decade, the inspiration behind her travel memoir, "I Could Live Here" (November 2023)