In July I learned that one of my favorite bands, Biffy Clyro, were scheduled to play Stockholm this November. With all the traveling I’m doing this fall, I probably wouldn’t have made a special trip down for this concert, but the date coincided with a time I was to be in Uppsala — less than… Read More Something entirely different

As such things are wont to do, my master’s thesis has evolved quite considerably over the past year into something rather far removed from what it was originally. I went into the program knowing that I wanted to write about religion, in one way or another, but my ideas were no more concrete than that.… Read More The Teda report

I’ll write a longer post about this in the next day or two, but for now I wanted to share a couple of pictures that I took on Wednesday, when I visited the parish I’m researching now. This is the church, which was built in 1200 (seriously, my mind just boggles). I took the interior… Read More Study visit

I’m nearly finished with my course for this half of the term, with just a paper to write this weekend and one last seminar on Tuesday afternoon. After that, I can focus on my thesis, which is starting to take shape (if only in my head, and not quite on paper yet). I’ve got a… Read More Tiny update

It’s Yrsa’s name day! I didn’t have the time (or frankly, the will) to make cupcakes at home, so I picked some up at the grocery store. I don’t think she minded the switcheroo.

I had an MRI yesterday morning, and I’d be a liar if I said I wasn’t a little anxious about the results (which, in true Swedish fashion, I won’t get for a couple of weeks, probably). It was just a routine thing, to check my brain against last year and see if there have been… Read More Unpredictable

This is one of my longer trips to Uppsala and I’ll be spending two nights away instead of the usual one. Though it’s probably less fun for those at home when I’m away for longer, it’s easier for me in a lot of ways not to travel two days in a row. For the past… Read More Country mouse

Things I have done today: –enjoyed a family lunch down at my in-laws’ place –taken a nap –Skyped with my bestie in Seattle –beaded a ladybug keychain with Petra –put highlights in Lydia’s hair –read a bedtime story for the middle girls and tucked them in Things I did not do today: –read a word… Read More Lagging behind

I am seriously lacking motivation to do much of anything. I’m not sure why, but I think part of it is that I’m traveling more for school this term than I was before, and it’s messing up my internal rhythms. I have a seminar Tuesday afternoons and I’m doing research on Wednesdays, which puts me… Read More Saturday

Just in time for the post-season, I finally got the tattoo I’ve been considering for close to two decades: (For those not in the know, it’s the logo of the Atlanta Braves, my favorite baseball team for more than thirty years.)