I am still on my own in the new apartment. Jessica doesn’t return until tomorrow. I thought: Sundays are good for writing. I had intentions. In the quiet, put words to paper, just like I’ve been longing to do for months. But instead: Watching people walk by on the street outside. Arranging my earrings onContinue reading “Sundays are for breathing”
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evenings are getting darker now
And I am home alone. Less than a week ago, I returned from a month-long trip across Europe, sitting on trains watching fields of maize and beech trees deeply rooted in German soils, me rushing rushing on in a blur. There is a lot to write about. I wish I had more days, some emptiness,Continue reading “evenings are getting darker now”
the end of a summer
I went on vacation. My intention was to make time for writing. But things rarely go as planned. I had a nice time, spent with family, reading novels, going for short trips to Swedish islands. And now, it’s the last day of my summer vacation. It’s raining in Skarpnäck, but there are still flowers inContinue reading “the end of a summer”
INTERLUDE: … while letting time pass by on Instagram
An amazing picture of a climber in sunset, National Geographic always makes me long for my backpack, but… OMG! It’s Jared Leto!? THE Jared Leto. Climbing. In the setting sun. In Yosemite National Park. Anyone who has seen My So-Called Life will understand why my heart starts beating just a little bit faster. He embodiedContinue reading “INTERLUDE: … while letting time pass by on Instagram”
oh god, how time flies when you’re just trying to stay afloat
It’s mid-June, and it’s raining. I’ve developed an obsession for rhubarb. I’ve been buying rhubarb from grocery stores in town and biking home on a borrowed bike with rhubarb stalks sticking out of the basket. I make rhubarb and strawberry sauce. The freezer is full. Luckily, I don’t have to share it with anyone anymore.Continue reading “oh god, how time flies when you’re just trying to stay afloat”
anticlimax – or not
After more or less three days of work, I’m finally done, and out from the GIS pops this: Pretty. The color like a caress to the eyes – but a poor substitute to the physical and emotional contact that I won’t be getting from my loved ones, because I’m always at work. But still. It’s done. I managed.Continue reading “anticlimax – or not”
the first meal of 2016: the watermelon cake
I spent New Year’s Eve with Natalia and Alice, cooking food, drinking sparkling wine and baking a watermelon cake. That meant we spent the entire evening in aprons, constantly eating, laughing and building a mountain of dishes in the sink. This is the third year in a row that I spend New Year’s Eve with Natalia.Continue reading “the first meal of 2016: the watermelon cake”
and now that the year is ending
November and December were tough months. In many different ways. I’ve taken some time off, now between Christmas and New Years, and it has taken days for me to catch up with myself. I’m not there yet, but I’m working on it. It is nice, anyhow, that the snow finally came. I like it whenContinue reading “and now that the year is ending”
re-growth
And there is something calming about getting dirt under your fingernails, too. I re-planted all my plants this weekend. I even went to the second hand store down the street and found three nice little pots to put the new cuttings in. I know November might not be the best time to change soils for theContinue reading “re-growth”
autumn smells
Walking on a Saturday afternoon, thinking: Maybe I like autumn the best, after all. For the colors. And the smells. The inevitable, and therefore safe, journey toward decay.
Katja Malmborg 