On my way home again, after three days away. Lately I’m catching the train to the airport as late as possible, just to minimize the amount of time I’m spending here. If the coffee were better (read “cheaper”) and the seating more comfortable, it might not be so bad, but as it is, it’s not… Read More Drop-in

While the pox can’t get Yrsa down, it’s turns out that impetigo will. Gah. Antibiotics for the win.

We’ve all had so much going on lately that I can hardly keep track of what day it is, let alone grab the time to record coherently said day’s details. Every day I think that today, finally, I will sit down and add a new post, but as you may have noticed, those plans seldom… Read More Sunday

Yrsa has joined Tage and Brynja in the chicken-pox camp, but that doesn’t keep her from hamming it up for the camera.

After being out for over a week, Petra went back to school on Tuesday. Wednesday evening Tage and Brynja started looking pale and peaky, and by yesterday afternoon there was no doubt that they’d gotten a good dose of chicken pox germs from their sister. They’re both well and truly covered now, and will probably… Read More Chock full o’ pox

The chicken pox has turned out to be sort of a non-event here, at least so far. Only Petra has come down with it, and after a day or two of discomfort, she hasn’t been much bothered. The worst of it was undoubtedly that she had to miss a classmate’s birthday party yesterday. I’ve heard… Read More Pox, et cetera

Plenty going on around here lately. Last week was Halloween, of course, and this year was probably the most Halloween-like I’ve had since moving to Sweden. We had a lot of trick-or-treaters, relatively speaking, and they all came on the right day, instead of over the course of many days, as is often the case… Read More The fun never stops