As I alluded to a few entries ago, I’ve got coffee cups and the like positively spilling out of my cupboards and I’ve been on the lookout for a vitrinskåp, or large china cabinet, for some time. I’m unwilling (and, frankly, unable) to pay for a new one, so I’ve been scouring the second-hand stores… Read More “I paid the guy 500. He had a lazy eye.”*

This afternoon we made a trip to town and by the time we left at 3:30 it had already gotten dark. As we were walking from the shopping center to where we had parked the car, Lydia said to me, “I don’t like being in town at night. It’s all dark and scary and the… Read More Be afraid … be very afraid

So far the best thing about having my driver’s license is that I can go to town to meet up with my friends for coffee or whatever more or less whenever I want to. I used to have to beg Olof to take me in or (horror!) take the bus, and either way I had… Read More Coffee Talk

Because I’m too lazy to write a real entry these days, you’ll have to content yourselves with some cute baby pictures. Enjoy. 🙂

A few hours ago Tage took this picture of the boy cats sleeping. I’m a little surprised by how they’ve taken to one another, since adult cats don’t generally like new arrivals on the scene, and Prins Bertil in particular has always been a bit anti-social. I’m not sure that Moa and Åsa are quite… Read More Where one cat ends another begins …

Last night I was sitting on the couch with Lydia watching Cartoon Network (one of the channels that is–unfortunately–not subject to the law against advertising directed toward children), and there was a commercial touting a talking, hugging teddy bear as a great Christmas gift. Lydia just scoffed and shook her head dismissively. “That was last… Read More No flies on this kid

Is he a robot or is he Batman? You be the judge:

I took this picture in Jerusalem’s Old City in February 1994 … I have always loved it.

Petra’s asleep and Tage’s happily occupied on his own and there are at least ten things that I should or could be doing right now, but I just can’t find the energy to do any of them. Instead I’m sitting here in front of the computer, drinking coffee and refreshing the same three or four… Read More Fine China

Quarter to four in the afternoon and I just turned on the porch lights. Oh, daylight, we hardly knew ye … One of the first things people usually notice when they come to my house is that we have a lot of clocks. So many clocks, in fact, that one of Lydia’s friends recently asked,… Read More That time of year …