Category Archives: background

One year

A year ago today we got in the cruiser and drove out of the parking lot outside our apartment in southern Stockholm and we returned to the same place, carless and tired about 8 months later. But those 8 months were some of the best months in our lives. That’s something you realize more and […]

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Family, friends and elephants in Zimbabwe

Finally back in Zimbabwe! Arriving there I think we were both just very happy to be back, but also relieved everything had been going so well so far, that we had reached our goal (getting there in time for Christmas), excited to see family and friends over the next few weeks and also to get […]

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After a chaotic summer, September it is!

Hey guys. We’re still here. Very sorry for the blog silence lately. We kind of hit the wall. It all just became a little too much to handle at once and for a while there we didn’t how anything was going to turn out. You know on the tv show Amazing race, how the teams […]

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Midsummer brunch

Today is Midsummer’s eve but we’re not celebrating much this year, just chilling at home over the weekend. Will maybe go for a boat ride on the lake, fix up my bike that’s got flat tyres, do some research and do some work on the cruiser at the garage. One of the biggest things on […]

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Happy National Day!

Today is Sweden’s National Day. Brian spent the day out fishing with his colleagues (whether they caught anything I don’t know, because he was fast asleep on the couch when I came home – that’s what fresh air does to you!) and I went to the movies with my friend Linnea (watching the Hunger games). […]

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Friday 13th

Quotes can turn into clichés but now and then you stumble upon one that deserves repeating. This one was new to me, said by the old times performer Mae West, and I love it: “You only live once, but if you do it right, once is enough.” Today is Friday 13th and it’s also Brian’s […]

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