Here is a story I wrote for our children and grand-children. A modern day fairy tale inspired by the magical northern lights I saw in Turku last week and the mythical story of Revontulet. The northern lights are the fox fires of the far north: snows and frost thrown high up by the fox's fiery... Continue Reading →
I took a short walk into town today, for lunch with my colleague Johanna at Turku's Saluhallen. A late morning in early October brought out plenty of interesting sights as I went down the street below Villa Hortus, then across the cathedral square and along the river bank. First I went past an abandoned dinner party... Continue Reading →
iPhoneography is what happens when, for some silly reason, I haven't bothered to take a camera out with me. Then, of course, I immediately see a composition I want to photograph and have to rely on my phone to do the job. Here's five pictures from the past few months taken in this way. The... Continue Reading →
Old buildings have always appealed to me. There something about their solidity and history that makes me want to picture them. This past six weeks I've been right in their immediate vicinity. At Valla Folkhögskola in Linköping we were housed next to the 'fritidområde' with all of the old farming and railway buildings. We strolled out... Continue Reading →
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