And for those of you who expressed dismay about the snow in the egghunt picture, here are a couple of shots of our front yard taken this afternoon. It’ll be a while yet before we’re seeing much green, I’m afraid.  

This is just a reminder for anyone who may have missed my “All Booked Up” column in the current issue of Mosaic Minds … I’m holding a drawing for the English translation of the Swedish classic baking book Sju sorters kakor (“Seven Kinds of Cookies”). See the article here for details!

I spent Saturday morning and early afternoon walking around the Old Town of Malmö, doing a bit of shopping and seeing what there was to see. One of the things I saw was the first crowd of hopefuls waiting to try their luck on Sweden’s Idol 2006. Look carefully, there may be a star in… Read More Sing, young hearts that are full of cheer.

Last Friday I packed a suitcase, loaded up the stroller, and made my way with Petra down to the bottom of Sweden for a long weekend visiting friends. It was my first trip to that part of the country–a region that is often the object of some disdain in other areas of Sweden–and I have… Read More Way Down South

but this is just so Jerry Springer. I hate to say it, but I can totally see something like this happening in my hometown; for some reason, though, you just don’t expect these stories to come out of Massachusetts.

I gave Petra her first bottle the other day, on Thursday, I think. I had been holding out, and had even entertained the idea of making hers a completely bottle-free babyhood, but in the end I decided that aside from the novelty of being able to say, “My baby never had a bottle,” there was… Read More Sunday

The new issue of Mosaic Minds went live this morning! The theme this time is “Never Say Never,” and we’ve got lots of great stuff … give it a look!