Monday, June 17, 2013

moving in two weeks

















Do Americans still eat this? or is it that all A
mericans except for new yorkers do?
I'm letting the kids try tonight.

What language is this? Dutch? So awesome, I understand it all, feel like if I invented a language, it would sound and look exactly like this.





















KOOK 6 KOPJES WATER, VOEG DE MACARONI TOE.
No problems, my loettle friendtje!

















Also LOVE the Serving Suggestion which is basically: Use a fork.














Personally, I had a shot of veggies.

Best blog find in ages





















MY TWO LOVES! IN ONE TUMBLR! BEYONCE + OLD ART!!!!

http://beyoncearthistory.tumblr.com

tack soraya!

Ett hår av hen – Metro

Ett hår av hen – Metro

det verkar gå hem mest när jag skriver känslosamt men den här gången behöver ni inte vara rädda för att grina.

Friday, June 14, 2013

Dad





















Here he is, playing hide and seek with the grandkids, for real thinking he BLENDS INTO THE LANDSCAPE with his jacket and pants. LOVE HIM TO PIECES.

Ändå skönt



Jag gillar när man snubblar över annonser som den här. Alltså sommarvackra tår vet jag inte om jag har  men nagelsvamp har jag i alla fall inte. Och inte heller är jag i närheten att tycka att meningen med livet är att ligga på en strand, så extatisk över min brist på nagelsvamp att jag känner ett okontrollerbart behov av att flärpa upp sand i ögonhöjd på folk en liten vindpust därifrån.

Tomorrow...

dad with me, a long time ago





















is the day of my dad's 70th birthday party.
Such a great day. Can't wait to celebrate him.
Love him so much.

dad with Niki and my niece Rut 2 months ago




















dad with Vanja, also 2 months ago















Thursday, June 13, 2013

Such a sad obit.

The world can't afford to lose people like Mott Green. "He was electrocuted while working on solar-powered machinery for cooling chocolate during overseas transport".

We need so many more people like that. And skilled electricians.

My beer commercial






















If I was in charge of making a beer commercial it would feature one tired female.

We hear her stomach growling. She sighs.  Her house is a mess, the kind of mess you have on a daily basis even if you're a tidy person because that's just life when you live with a family. We understand her whole family is sleeping.

She starts to tidy up. Picks up a magazine off the floor. Stomach growls again.

She walks to the fridge, gets a beer out. It's a Corona. Magazine and beer in hand she throws herself onto the couch.

Voice over (don't know if it's a man or woman's voice? Perhaps a plethora of voices?
No, just one voice. Likely a woman's.).

The voice says:

"We don't think it's a great idea to have a beer instead of a meal. But if you do, and we know you do, then at least treat yourself to a great one. Corona."

Ps.
Mom, if you're reading this, I will eat real food too. Just post-poning the dinner-making for myself while thinking of beer and commercials.

Ps 2. Mom, I'm a grown (ass) woman. I can do whatever I like. Getting a second beer now. With some cheese. And saltines. And a dessert of chocolate.

My great great grandmother



















Here's my great great grandmother Karin in a straw hat seated next to her sick sister Ruth back in 1905. Ruth had tuberculosis and was staying at a sanatorium. In the day, they moved the beds outdoors as I understand it. This picture is so sad and beautiful. Ruth died not too long afterwards.  Karin mourned her the rest of her life.

Click the image to see it up-close.

Sunday, June 9, 2013

Relaxing after swim class.


Lidingo vs Brooklyn

Within a few weeks we'll be trading nature and basically no people for people and basically no nature. 





Skiers this way.


Beaver was here. 


Swan lake. 



Horses welcome.



That red house in the distance is a cafe. 

Friday, June 7, 2013

People say writing is such a lonely profession

I say that's a problem only when the writing's not really coming along. When it does, you prefer to be by yourself.

Thursday, June 6, 2013

Wednesday, June 5, 2013

Things I stumble across


Great transportation.


The family tree.


But can you put it in the dishwasher?


This is a part of my job that I LOVE but rarely get to cherish: visiting book stores, just browsing books.