There was an article about two Irishmen who set up a company in order to sell dirt genuine Irish dirt to Americans. The two men say the demand for this “official Irish dirt” has been phenomenal. They sold one million dollars worth of their product in a very short time. One elderly New York businessman placed a $100,000 order so he could be fully buried in genuine Irish soil. (1) Obviously that gentleman was very, very homesick. His body was in the US, but his heart was still in his homeland.

That happens to many people who are transplanted to another culture. You miss the sights and sounds and perhaps even the dirt of home.

A woman named Janet Ross, a native of Texas, joined her Navy husband on his tour of duty in Japan. The first thing Janet did was look for a job to supplement their in…