Note to Selfie - Telling tales in Sweden

• Blog leave 10 years ago When we were young, my classmates and I had to get leave to go to the toilet. Our hands would shoot straight up and we’d say, “Sir, can I go to the toilet?”  To which our teacher would always reply, “Of course you can, but do you have permission?”  And then, hands would rocket straight...
• Butterfly summer 10 years ago Well if all the experts are to be believed, this summer in Sweden is going to be a scorcher! Yep, according to the butterflies it is going to be hot, hot, hot.   Folk-lore reckons that the very first butterfly you see in the year can predict the weather. Not literally, obviously; but apparently if...
• Blue and green should not be seen? 10 years ago An extract from The Dormouse and the Doctor, A.A. Milne:- The Dormouse turned over to shut out the sight Of the endless chrysanthemums (yellow and white). “How lovely,” he thought, “to be back in a bed Of delphiniums (blue) and geraniums (red).”         Sometimes I feel just like the...
• Cupboard love 10 years ago   You never really know what goes on behind closed doors, especially if that door leads to the kitchen. And sometimes I can’t help wondering just what the average Swede really eats for supper. As a Brit living in Sweden I’ve  mostly – but not always – enjoyed trying out Swedish food.  I...
• Blogging is 10 years ago putting that random conversation in your head on paper

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