My hopes are shattered - the British referendum on whether to stay in the EU or leave it has happened, and too many people voted "leave". This makes June 23 a really sad day, and a lot of my friends over in the UK are sad, too. We're all wondering what will happen now... and I'm sure that it will not prove to be a smart move, economically or politically.

We're certainly living in interesting times. So in the future, I will have to import my beloved lemon curd from outside the EU. There will probably additional tax issues, and VAT-MOSS will not go away for the UK. Exporting things to Britain will be like exporting things to Switzerland, or the US. This feels weird, because the UK was always, always a place close to my heart, and felt like a second home, ever since I was there the first time (when I was just seven years old). So now the second home-of-my-heart... is outside the EU.

I'm really, really stunned by that decision to leave... and I hope its repercussions will not be too bad. For any of us.

Sigh.