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I also found a folder with pictures from the tour I took Max (Münich) and Shelayne (Vancouver) on in April, the couchsurfers I took in just after coming back home from Liberia, because Max wrote such an awesome, from-geographer-to-fellow-geographer couch request that I simply could not refuse them. They turned out to be the greatestContinue reading “the lost street art tour”

While making the covers for the mix-CDs, I’ve had to go through tons of photographs. I take so many pictures, and then I forget that I ever took them – but now I was reminded of how many incredible things that I’ve experienced during the last four years, and how many great photos that I’veContinue reading “once upon a photograph”

Another thing that I’ve been doing during my Christmas of isolation, is finishing up the yearly mix-CD covers. You see, I’m the nostalgic listmaker type, and one of all symptoms of this condition is that I make a mix-CD every year with the songs that I’ve listened to during the year. I started with thisContinue reading “the yearly mixes”

I read my first book by Bodil Malmsten in 2006. I can’t say that her texts were what made me decide to start a blog, but she was definitely in the mix of all the influences that finally made me take the step. Inspired by Bodil, and the newness of it all, I launched intoContinue reading “the re-discovery of Bodil”

I don’t think I’ve ever knitted as much as I’ve done this past fall. So much so that knitting in class is probably the thing that I’m most known for at the SRC. They all love me for it (I think), except for Phil, who never misses an opportunity to call me a grandma. PhotoContinue reading “my poor right index finger”

One of the things I’ve done lately, especially during this Christmas holiday, is going through what my grandpa left us. An entire house, full of stuff. Cheap, worn things as well as old, high-quality heirlooms. The things have been equally distributed to the two children and four grandchildren and yesterday, I finally found places toContinue reading “an inheritance”

Here in Sweden, we celebrate Christmas on the 24th. Being the child of “broken home”, I’ve always spent my Christmases going from party to party, in order to celebrate with all my families. This year, though, my family is spread out all over the world. I have a mom in Liberia, an aunt in SouthContinue reading “Christmas Eve”

These last couple of years, there’s been a slow increase of racist rhetoric in Stockholm and in Sweden. Three and a half years ago, the “immigration skeptical” party the Sweden Democrats got voted into parliament, and ever since media has been in this very polarized state, where SD has been criticized one day, only toContinue reading “do you remember the demonstrations”

I’m a crazy person, I think we’ve already established that. One of the things that make me go completely off the rail is baking and cooking. Once I’ve started, I can’t stop – even if it means cooking 10 liters of rice porridge that will be enough for more than 100 Karelian pasties, or wrappingContinue reading “Christmas baking”

The Friday before Christmas, I went to a Christmas party hosted by a group of geology and geography students. There was gifts and a Christmas tree, dancing around the said tree and Christmas candy. I danced on the dance floor when no one was dancing yet, as is my wont, and played pool (won twoContinue reading “the social cleanse”