Petronella SimonsbackaWhen only writing remainsIt is not unusual that a career as an author starts with the normal life going belly up. It was like that for me and it is a story that I…Oct 17, 2020Oct 17, 2020
Petronella SimonsbackaThis is not an inspirational storyBooooooooreeeeeed. I swear the walls are moving towards me, making my world smaller and smaller now. If there is such a thing as “now” at…May 24, 2020May 24, 2020
Petronella SimonsbackaHow I have adapted to the pandemicMy life today is very different from how it was three months ago. I used to be a social person who had coffee with friends. I used to go…May 9, 2020May 9, 2020
Petronella SimonsbackaIs the metro the difference?When I am writing this there are 2653 dead by COVID-19 in Sweden. 1417 of them in Stockholm. Death tolls are slowing down in the capital…May 2, 2020May 2, 2020
Petronella SimonsbackaIs this the new normal?I am writing my eighth weekly update on the coronavirus pandemic of 2020. This modern plague has now taken 200 000 lives worldwide, more…Apr 25, 2020Apr 25, 2020
Petronella SimonsbackaWhy the New York Times sudoku makes me happy every single dayI solve soduku everywhere that I can find them. Online, on paper, free och paid, there is something about that little game that I just…Apr 19, 2020Apr 19, 2020
Petronella SimonsbackaThe horror of exponential growthLet us look at the how COVID-19 has progressed in Sweden over one month:Apr 19, 2020Apr 19, 2020
Petronella SimonsbackaWhat will happen to the world after Covid-19?Lately I have had a lot of time to think about how the world will develop after the pandemic of 2020. Yes, I know it will get worse before…Apr 12, 2020Apr 12, 2020
Petronella SimonsbackaAnd then there is silenceMy reaction to the new Coronavirus came in waves. Disbelief. Fear. Waiting for it to arrive. And now it is all around me. One million dead…Apr 4, 2020Apr 4, 2020
Petronella SimonsbackaArt school helps hospitals by manufacturing suppliesYesterday 246 patients with Covid-19 are in or has been in ICU in Sweden. 70 percent of them are/were men. The total dead from the…Mar 29, 2020Mar 29, 2020
