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I think Teemill recommends anonymity here, but that\u2019s not really interesting or useful to me.<\/p>

Hi, my name is Alex<\/u><\/a>.<\/p>

I am one of that micro-generation of people who experienced an analogue childhood and digital adulthood. Sometimes called Xennials, sometimes \u2018The Star Wars Generation\u2019, this duality had a definite impact on how I see the world. I am as comfortable living for extended periods of time in the <\/span>deep woods<\/u> <\/u><\/span><\/a>as I am on the internet, a city, or a small village at the foot of a mountain.<\/span><\/p>

I am Scottish. Technically I was born in England, in a now dead and disappeared county, but my family moved to the far northern islands of Orkney when I was eight and I grew up there. Scotland remains the closest thing I have to a home and the small port of Stromness the closest thing to a home town.<\/p>

I write for a sort-of-living and travel and live in places where the small amount of money I make from my words goes further, new experiences and cultures adding extra flavour and detail. I am currently based in the French Alps, sharing a home in a village in the woods with my wife (we met in Chiang Mai, Thailand), and our daughter, born in 2021. <\/p>

These important things \u2014 daughter, wife, and village \u2014 all feed into my writing<\/u><\/a>. We will head off on further adventures at some point but, for now, this is a good place to pause.<\/p>

\"v8dfmlrstge91dmlqp2dhxaofwincieurbzncybuabfjkkgl.jpg.jpg?w=1140&v=2\"This is me, in the shelter I built and lived in for months, once upon a time<\/u><\/a>. <\/p>","urlTitle":"who-am-i","url":"\/blog\/who-am-i\/","editListUrl":"\/my-blogs","editUrl":"\/my-blogs\/edit\/who-am-i\/","fullUrl":"https:\/\/the-crows-nest.teemill.com\/blog\/who-am-i\/","featured":false,"published":true,"showOnSitemap":true,"hidden":false,"visibility":null,"createdAt":1699873949,"updatedAt":1699874571,"publishedAt":1699874571,"lastReadAt":null,"division":{"id":309379,"name":"The Crow's Nest"},"tags":[],"metaImage":{"original":"https:\/\/images.podos.io\/1vcsivje687nvfbw1x4xruvamvvrdunvqnwc8fwcf5m7ukdq.jpeg","thumbnail":"https:\/\/images.podos.io\/1vcsivje687nvfbw1x4xruvamvvrdunvqnwc8fwcf5m7ukdq.jpeg.jpg?w=1140&h=855","banner":"https:\/\/images.podos.io\/1vcsivje687nvfbw1x4xruvamvvrdunvqnwc8fwcf5m7ukdq.jpeg.jpg?w=1920&h=1440"},"metaTitle":"","metaDescription":"","series":[],"similarReads":[],"labels":[]}