#167 Learnings

Life is difficult. This is a great truth, one of the greatest truths. It is a great truth because once we truly see this truth, we…

#176 Death and taxes

Benjamin Franklin wrote once, “…but in this world nothing can be said to be certain, except death and taxes”. I learned recently that this was part of a longer letter that he wrote to a friend in French. This was the last quote that he made famous as he died a few months after.

#169 Oh Such A Spring

Spring arrived early in Estonia. Usually we’d have cold weather, snow, and a few more weeks of winter. Seasons in…

#175 When It’s Us

No one told me that this would be so exhausting. Aside from the energy to put myself together, I rush from dawn to dusk. And…

#168 Secrets

The Cure has a song called Secrets. If you listen, it will sound at first like an instrumental piece of music. But if you pay…

#165 Ceremony

Ceremony was released 43 years ago. A hundred posts wouldn’t be enough to express my love for Joy Division’s music. It’s an obscure…

#170 Teardrops

When Janne remodeled the house in 2020, she left a few things for later such as the rain gutters. In 2021, we saw that water was…

#171 Breakfast

Last night, Daniel asked me to make him pancakes. The last time I made them was about 6 years ago. I tell him that I’ll do my best…

#172 Deeper Than Love

Last Friday, Daniel asked for a song: Colleen Green’s Deeper Than Love. It starts with some electronic noise before the…

#173 Lighthouse

I pondered recently if I should stop posting publicly what I write for Janne. I told a close friend about it and she immediately…