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I used to take a lot of photographs. Once upon a time, I even thought I would become a photographer. Then I didn’t get in to the photography school I wanted to go to and I went to Bolivia instead and fell into geography. Since then, my photographic outings have become more and more rare.Continue reading “the loss of a photographic purpose”

While lying in the dentist’s chair, with my mouth crammed full with hooks and mirrors and saliva suckers, watching the snow falling outside the window, I had the weirdest realization. I actually enjoyed this. Getting my teeth checked up, having someone poking around in my mouth, making my gums bleed. And to think that thereContinue reading “weird preferences”

I have a 1000 word paper due in three hours, and at the moment, I’ve only written ten. And it isn’t even that I don’t know what to write, I know exactly what to write, I have extensive notes – it’s just. So hard. To find the words. Concentrate. When – The sun is shiningContinue reading “distractions”

  My great aunt Birgitta waving goodbye to her brother, my grandpa.

There’s snow outside my window. At last. Wind and fakes falling. A birthday party with hats and dancing until three in the morning. Another birthday party with tequila shots and intense jenga games. A tea party overflowing with clotted cream and laughter. A family dinner with faraway travelers and wild cousin’s children. And a SundayContinue reading “a weekend of snow”

Today, it’s the last day of Christmas. I don’t really feel done with the holiday, but hey, when are we ever? Tomorrow it’s school, diving right into a group assignment on a resilience assessment. Yey. Another thing that I’ve been doing this Christmas, is to go through some of the old photos that we foundContinue reading “another kind of inheritance”

One of the hardest things about growing up, I think, is not realizing your strengths, but rather, realizing your weaknesses. And then, accepting them as part of you, not necessarily something in need to be gotten rid of. As a teenage girl in Sweden in the early 2000’s, I was fed from all over byContinue reading “about growing up”

I know that I’ve written about her before, I tend to compose at least one post while reading anything by her (and I’ve read quite a few books by her since I impulsively and almost by accident brought one home from the library in 2010) but I just can’t help myself. That playfulness, it’s extraordinary.Continue reading “pardon my nagging, but”

As always, I’m behind in my schedule. I have baked and made sauces and a salad all morning, and I still have to shower, pack up my things and then finally I will hopefully have time to take a nap, before I have to leave for the New Year’s dinner at about five. Busy busy.Continue reading “a brief pop cultural summary of my 2013”