We really liked our Akubra hats, but they both disappeared on one of our many moves around the world.

When I first started doing a degree at the Australian National University, I had a hard time even understanding the lecturers due to Aussie accents and language differences. My linguistics professor used to make me pronounce things so the rest of the class could compare my speech and vocabulary with their own. But one of our frequent clients at the vet clinic where I worked thought for two years that I was Australian and was surprised to hear I wasn’t. Maybe I became more of a local than I had realized.

A Charlie Brown Christmas tree, posted earlier: