I had not won a prize — Some years ago, some friends and I decided to travel around Sweden by train. We slept in youth hostels or church social rooms (they often have sauna rooms, and several rooms for Sunday School, youth activities, etc). The trains in Sweden are very punctual. You can literally set your watch…

Twenty four years of photos

I kid you not — The place where I live is incredibly beautiful. It is also rural. Countryside with small market towns and smaller villages. Where these cows cross twice daily for milking is also the lane off which used to be the stables where I learned to ride ponies and horses. This area became…

A farewell to autumn — On the whole, November was fairly gentle despite two storms. We had sunny, bright, days, as well as some downpours of rain. But mostly, we had changeable weather, making some beautiful rainbows. This double rainbow was over the inner harbour, taken from a footpath. The sun has drawn me outside…

A poem — You persist in writing anonymous notes don’t you think I know your writing using information in my blog Now you create fake accounts trying to spy I really am not worth it you just waste your time That’s all you have time on your hands, empty life alcoholic, heart full of malice…

Songs my Oma taught me — I heard this melody on Soul Music BBC Radio 4 a couple of weeks ago and I was thrown into memories of my childhood, the stories within my family, and the sadnesses carried from generation to generation. I remember my great-grandmother on my Opa’s side. She would give us…

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Some delights — I go through my garden each time I ,go out to the town. Sometimes, I get lost in time because I photograph the serendipities I discover there. Here is primula in bloom! They are spring flowers, so climate crisis is so very real. As I go about my business, I…

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