79 I’ve been thinking about train-travel a lot lately. Maybe because of all the people moving away, the friends who graduated but, because of this strange year, couldn’t get a proper send-off. And also, not being able to get on a train myself. I like train travel. The moments that can happen, in the waiting.Continue reading “train-travel”
Category Archives: moments
missed time
76 While eating breakfast yesterday morning, I listened to the radio. They were talking about the updated Covid restrictions. How retirement homes were recommended to not allow visitors, again, like in the spring. It made me think about missed time. And I felt sad. Again. Because, even though I don’t know anyone who lives inContinue reading “missed time”
notes from 2018
73 States of emergency, since March, today restrictions were tightened even further. My mind wanders off in associations, one crisis makes me think of another. In the notebook from 2018: “Hot summer, dry, an extreme high-pressure system stuck, looming over our parched Nordic soils. I find it tough. July, walking through the groves, seeing treesContinue reading “notes from 2018”
seasons
65 I love seeing autumn unfold outside my living room window. The ash slowly turning from bright green to yellow and then, after a particularly windy night, stand there completely naked. The maples shift into orange and red. The aspen glow like torches, lit up from behind by the setting sun. And the pine treeContinue reading “seasons”
weathers
54 Waking up yesterday morning, the world was covered in mist. Living on the third floor on the top of a small hill, I stood in my kitchen window and saw the southern suburbs of Stockholm gradually softening their corners and eventually disappear, the mist slowly turning orange from the rising sun. After lunch, theContinue reading “weathers”
balcony gardening (iii)
50 It makes me so happy to see the bees and the butterflies fly from flower to flower on my balcony. The marigolds are still in bloom, and through the kitchen window I can see the cucumber plants, covered in yellow flowers, climbing up against the espalier. And the insects find their way up toContinue reading “balcony gardening (iii)”
balcony gardening (ii)
31 From the notebook, late May: “Opening the balcony door this morning, I founda a thin layer of a cream-colored dust on the leaves of the tomato plants. It stuck to my bare feet, felt like flour between my toes. And looking up, at the crown of the pine, my tree friend, eating spot forContinue reading “balcony gardening (ii)”
balcony gardening (i)
29 For the first time in my life, I live in a home where I alone am responsible. To be honest, I think it has gone to my head. All the possibilities for making stuff! Included in this home is a balcony. In March, I started planting seeds. And I got so excited, I mightContinue reading “balcony gardening (i)”
silence
19 It’s been a while. Not because anything in particular happened. During a spring and summer like this, things happening could definitely be a possibility. Expected, even. But no. For me, age seems to come with an ever-growing deficiency of prompt follow-through. A new exciting idea must have distracted me. I have been busy withContinue reading “silence”
gardening
13 I think I could enjoy having a garden of my own. I’ve recently become the co-tender of an allotment garden plot, so we’ll see how well I know myself. My Finnish grandmother was an amazing gardener, and the childhood memories I have of all the flowers in her garden border on fantastical. The liliesContinue reading “gardening”
Katja Malmborg 