Some people have mentioned that they're having problems being followers. You need to enter your full e-mail address and password, but you can remain anonymous. Of course if you wish to follow me publicly, that's very nice indeed. It's great to know who's reading my blog. The more the merrier. I … [Read more...]
Chelsea Flower Show without lunch!
My friend and I have a tradition: we go to the Chelsea Flower Show, but not just for the greatest garden event of the year. My friend has a balcony and I'm really not into gardening as much as just into maintaining one. But we do like our lunch afterwards. And we are quite partial to the Pimms they … [Read more...]
The Finns and alcohol
A leading Finnish evening paper, Iltalehti, today reports that we Finns have broken another record. Not such a good one this time, since we've become the highest consumers of alcohol in the Nordic Countries. Only the Danes used to be more thirsty than us Finns, but now it's just the Irish, Czechs … [Read more...]
Doll’s House at the Donmar
'I didn't nod off once!' This was my partner's reaction to the play. Which I have to say is praise indeed. He does have a tendency to fall asleep in most unusual places, but enough of him.We go to the Donmar thanks to my London friend. We favour the Scandinavian and Russian 19th century playwrights: … [Read more...]
I’m writing again, in the sauna.
Some of you may have noticed that I've been rather busy on the blogging front recently. As well as writing here I've also commented on other people's blogs. I love receiving comments so I try to return the compliment as often as possible. And there are so many interesting blogs out there - list of … [Read more...]
The Wolseley, the Alcatraz and 25 years of marriage.
We started thinking about how to celebrate the first of our 25th wedding anniversaries about a year ago. (We have two - a story for another day) One thing I knew for a certainty, I did not want to throw a party. Selfish, I know, but I'd come to the end of my party-hosting days. This was somewhat of … [Read more...]
In search of Finnishness
It's the same news where ever you are...On 23th April Hufvudstadsbladet in Helsinki wrote about a social worker, who'd been charged with murder. She was still listed on the Finnish social services register while in court defending the charge. It seems bureaucrats are equally incompetent here … [Read more...]
The London Book Fair
Is it wise and useful to flaunt yourself and your (unpublished) work in places like the LBF? Sometimes it feels like swimming in treacle, all the things one should and shouldn't do to get to that aah so wonderful goal of being in print. The net is full of blogs on the subject. Some are useful. I … [Read more...]
Easter and Jamie’s Italian
A lovely family Easter. Teenage daughter and grown up son at home, winding each other up at scrabble. They cooked too, son made stock and daughter desserts. I overdid the gardening and only wanted a hot sauna and a cold beer followed by the Masters on TV.After a lunch of chicken, salad and couscous … [Read more...]
The Lost Daughter and the lost words
After the friendly and positive meeting of similar minded writers in Bath on Monday night and the excellent crit on the second chapter of the sequel to The Red King of Helsinki, I'm now stuck. Yesterday I did edits and revisions on chapter two of The Lost Daughter, according to the very useful and … [Read more...]
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