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Construction boom in Stockholm
When I moved to Gröndal in Stockholm in 1999, it was a really quiet working class neighbourhood consisting of old rental apartments owned by the municipality. The apartments in this area were all...
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Paddy went to the Rainbow Bridge a year ago today
Today it is a year since Paddy passed over the Rainbow Bridge. Probably the best thing we can ever do for our furry family members is give them the gift of a peaceful and dignified end. It is often...
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DNA test
My parents died before I became curious about these kinds of things, and most of my background and heritage is in Europe (UK/Ireland/Germany) so I was delighted when I discovered this! I am mainly...
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Journalism dreams
When I was eight years old and read this book, I decided I wanted to become a journalist. I really wish I had had one of these too!
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Swedish citizenship
On the 6th June this year (Sweden’s national day), it was three years since my Swedish citizenship ceremony, four years since I received citizenship, and exactly 20 years since I first came to Sweden....
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Loving the sea
I love the sea. I grew up on the eastern coast of Southern Africa (the Indian Ocean), one of the best surfing areas in the world. I spent so much time swimming, running along the beach, lying in the...
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US Immigration Card, 1930
I was sorting out a whole pile of my papers the other day and this caught my eye. My grandfather was a miner and this is his US immigration card for April 1930. I am surprised how well the photograph...
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This postcard goes with me everywhere
It makes me feel better when I am homesick. It shows how South Africa really is a world in one country. I use it as a bookmark for whatever I happen to be reading. I grew up in Port Elizabeth/Port...
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Patron Saint of Cats, St Gertrude of Nivelles
Read more here My Catholic confirmation name is Frances, after St Francis of Assisi, patron saint of animals. And more about Catholic confirmation names: SaveSave
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My big project of the year – declutter!
This year has been an immensely productive one for me. I am so proud of myself and I feel amazing – I am not sure if it is because I have finally done something I have been wanting to do for years, or...
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Badly designed websites REALLY annoy me!
I just cannot stand companies who want to be on the internet and social media but don’t understand how it works. They want to have a social media presence because ‘everyone else has one’ but they...
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BowieCat!
One of my students gave me this the other day as a thank you for the term. I was so thrilled. She knows me well! It was hand designed just for her by a tattoo artist.
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Smallpox vaccination scars
I overhead a young boy on the train the other day asking their mother why ‘old people’ had circular scars on their upper arms. As one of those people, I never ever think about it but it must seem...
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Ancestry DNA results are in!
I was rather surprised at the amount of British I have in me, given that I had a German mother and Irish father. Though one of my grandmothers was British. I did my DNA through ancestry.com, because...
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Received this email today – I am quite flattered I earned the attention and...
Hmmm…..one of these maybe?
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This is me
I love the sea. I grew up on the eastern coast of Southern Africa (the Indian Ocean), one of the best surfing areas in the world. I spent so much time swimming, running along the beach, lying in the...
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The decluttering continues
Well, as it heads towards the end of 2017, I can look back and feel that this year I really did make a difference. I feel freer, lighter and so much happier. I know that my donations have helped my...
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Oh boo!
It is getting lighter from today. Oh boo. I love the darkness! It matches my soul.
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