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helsinki magic
Different Pen · 7 pvVague sounds of traffic, far-away sirens, voices. Lights from the street projected on the ceiling of a city flat at night. I'm trying to sleep on a makeshift bed, on crisp sheets smelling sweetly of detergent. Listening...
going home, when you live in Finland
Different Pen · 8 pvGoing home, when you live in Finland, often means driving long distances through dark forests.I used to lie in the backseat of my father's car, a...
the ancient road to Samarkand
Different Pen · 8 pvI spin my old 80's globe gently, brushing the dust off the USSR and inspecting the crack that has appeared just off the International Date Line.I got the globe as a Christmas present as a...
2022: the year of French castles and a knife ...
Different Pen · 14 pv2022 was a year of exploring paths, listening to 57 different genres of music and reading 115 books. In the beginning of the year, I couldn't play...
explore, pray, read
Different Pen · 26 pvI'm the eternal explorer. Of forest paths, medieval castles, secret doors to new worlds, old-fashioned Swedish words, libraries, languages, cities, local history, bird sounds, personalities and motives, my own past and...
starting at the end of the world
Different Pen · 01.01.2023New Year celebration with candles, friends, a French look, discussions on the war and the latest Jewish Messiah, bubbles, a strong wind and bad roads...
mornings without a clock
Different Pen · 21.11.2022Mornings without a clock, hours over cooling coffee, remembering strange dreams of hunger. Drowsy happiness with books, frustration and worry over persistent pain. Battling ache and age....
surviving a knife on Halloween
Different Pen · 13.11.2022November began in the hospital, a major surgery I wasn't at all sure I'd survive. They said it was routine but I wasn't convinced anyone could cut open my stomach without killing me. And it...
summer, only a very old one
Different Pen · 25.10.2022In a suburban house, October is grey like the suburban dystopias I've read about in novels (usually psychological thrillers). Wind and rain shake yellow leaves, the neighbours have dogs and...
a French town of all times
Different Pen · 24.10.2022It's so typical of France - a town that no tourist has ever heard of, full of impressive ruins from Roman times. A huge triumphal arch, a well-preserved large amphitheater ... I gasp with...
in the Savoie, at last
Different Pen · 11.09.2022Many, many years ago, when I was young and travelling but not always free to travel exactly where and when I wanted, I spent a few summer weeks working in Switzerland. I partly enjoyed it,...
bad night, big city
Different Pen · 10.09.2022When we arrive in one of France's largest cities, we get stuck in a loop - in heavy traffic - as the navigator stubbornly insists on a route that is temporarily closed. Night is falling over hot, narrow streets in a...
ascending into the hall of the mountain princes
Different Pen · 21.08.2022We're in the south of France, following our loosely planned travel route from Pau towards Carcassonne. The heat is shimmering over withering...
the Atlantic and a new song
Different Pen · 07.08.2022You may not think you'll miss the sea when you have fascinating mountains, historical river valleys, fields full of sunflowers and old castles to look at all day long.But if you're born and...
da Vinci, Joan of Arc and the wonderful K
Different Pen · 06.08.2022The Loire valley. Too many castles and palaces to count. A royal air. The murky, slow and sensous Loire river. A muggy heat that peaks at 43 degrees...
the Jura surprise
Different Pen · 05.08.2022Sometime last winter, I was browsing through Google maps and happened upon the Jura Mountains, for no obvious reason except that I love mountains and Central Europe. I dove into Street View and followed a few mountain...
dragons and kings and dormant volcanoes
Different Pen · 01.08.2022Three thousand three hundred kilometers, seven castles, four mountain ranges, three countries, two freedom-loving ladies, one car.Happiness is...
hotspot holiday
Different Pen · 14.07.2022The dream trip to France is drawing close and I'm a nervous wreck.In the news from France right now: airport chaos, horrible heatwave and the pandemic running rampant again. And I hate packing and am afraid of flying...
planning a medieval route
Different Pen · 04.07.2022Planning a medieval route through Poitou, Périgord, Languedoc ... Have lovelier words ever been written? France is my dream country. It has all the history, all the castles, all the wine....
the Chosen
Different Pen · 15.06.2022Best TV series this year (or maybe for many years): The Chosen. Not only is it fascinating. I can almost feel it doing something good inside me.
wildlife, various approaches
Different Pen · 14.06.2022One week of vacation between the sea and the forest. Mostly alone with my books and the laptop and the wildlife. I'm tip-toeing around nesting sandpipers, chasing away swans, swearing at...
no stepping on the ants
Different Pen · 27.05.2022I was out walking with my mother, one of the first really warm days of spring. Our walk progressed at glacial speed, because my mother is old and frail. Walking extremely slowly gives you a...
93 percent stardust
Different Pen · 06.05.2022We have calcium in our bones, iron in our veins,carbon in our souls, and nitrogen in our brains.93 percent stardust, with souls made of flames,we are all just stars that have people names.(Nikita Gill)
lay me down on a bed of sheepskins
Different Pen · 05.05.2022My new (second-hand) sofa is covered in sheepskins and very alluring. It has been the scene of this year's spring and has hosted tears, covid, work,...
four days of melting ice
Different Pen · 22.04.2022In the middle of juggling jobs, sorting out my car, sorting out a broken laptop, taking care of a needy mother, keeping myself fit, not neglecting friends, soothing my creative thirst,...
spiritual experiences of the traditional kind
Different Pen · 15.04.2022I sometimes feel God by my side as I look at a starry sky, walk through a summer forest or hear a particular song just when I'm in need of comfort....
behind a long border
Different Pen · 10.03.2022The iodine tablets are sold out all over town. I feel a little embarrassed to be asking about them at the pharmacy but I don't object when one of them puts me on a waiting list - as number 35. I remember being very...
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