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Midnight sun

For once I have a legitimate excuse for my radio silence — our internet went down on Sunday evening and we were offline until late this afternoon. I don’t mind telling you that those days left me feeling more than a little cut off from the world. In any case, after our late-night visit to… Read More Midnight sun

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Midnight run

Yrsa’s been nursing a summer cold for the past week or two, and a couple of nights ago she started coughing quite a bit throughout the night. Other than disturbing her sleep–and ours–however, the cough didn’t seem to be bothering her. Last night, though, around ten o’clock, she started with that barky cough that usually… Read More Midnight run

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Game time

Petra had to be at the field this morning at 8:45 for a soccer tournament, which meant we were up at 7:30 on a Saturday. The first game started at 9:30 and the last one ended around 2:00, so it was a pretty full day. I have surprised myself by turning out to be the… Read More Game time

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Unexpected

This afternoon I took Petra to lunch in town. We went to the new Espresso House that just opened in Skellefteå, and the first thing I thought was that Wayne’s Coffee is really going to have to step up their game in order not to find themselves in a bad way. For a good many… Read More Unexpected

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Summer plans

For many years now, my mom has come to Sweden for a month every summer. She always schedules her trip to arrive a day or two before Petra’s birthday on July 19 and to leave a few days after Tage’s on August 12, and we have a yearly family birthday party for all the kids… Read More Summer plans