Archive for March, 2010

Re-learning

Tuesday, March 30th, 2010

Nearly a decade of living in the Frozen North has changed me. Oh, probably not in any major way — I was always a commie-loving, tree-hugging liberal, after all — but there are some subtle differences, to be sure. For instance, I now see nothing wrong with eating cheese on a slice of [...]

The boy

Friday, March 26th, 2010

It was recently brought to my attention by my mother that I haven’t posted a picture of Tage in quite a while, even though the blog has been replete with photos of his sisters, the dogs, the cats, and even the odd snow mountain. Yesterday’s Lilla Vasaloppet — the children’s version of Sweden’s famous [...]

Ten paces back

Monday, March 22nd, 2010

You know how they say if you’re not the lead dog the view never changes?

Showtime

Sunday, March 21st, 2010

Months and months ago I bought tickets to see Mika play in Stockholm on March 18. I had wanted Olof to go with me, but he doesn’t travel unless he absolutely can’t avoid it, so I offered the second ticket to Lydia. She’s not a huge Mika fan and her response to my [...]

Head-scratcher

Monday, March 15th, 2010

For the past couple of years my younger kids have been big fans of Barbapapa, a French children’s book character from the ’70s who is lately enjoying a revival of popularity here in Sweden. I think he and his kind are a little creepy, but they’re ultimately harmless, so I do buy a Barbapapa [...]

Renewal

Friday, March 12th, 2010

The kids have been on spring break this week and, wonder of wonders, we’ve actually made it through without driving each other too crazy. We’ve kept fairly busy most days, and it’s helped that the weather has been nice enough that even when we were home, we could send Tage and Petra out to [...]

Teaching by example

Monday, March 8th, 2010

That’s my spot.

Sunday, March 7th, 2010

Generally speaking, Prins Bertil is not the alpha cat around here, but when Moa’s crossed the line, she has crossed. the. line.

Close encounters of the wintry kind

Tuesday, March 2nd, 2010