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Photographs of our travels
We have been riding quite a bit lately as the weather has been so nice. Sweden is so beautiful in the summer. It’s been Järna, Dalarö, Södertälje, Skottvångs gruva, Vaxholm. We usually dress for the...
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As we get older
I have found that as I have grown older, I don’t care what other people think. I spend all my spare time with no makeup on, I wear what I want, I use a paper planner in a sea of digital, I am an...
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Stockholm Pride, 3 August 2019
The march was long – more than 2 hours. It was amazing – more than 200 floats, 50 000 marching, and half a million spectators, in a city with 1.6 million inhabitants. I have never seen so many people...
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H and M Home small leather tray in brown
I wrote the other day about the leather trays I found at H and M Home. I had a loyalty bonus coupon and a 25% discount code so I bought a small brown one. I am so pleased with it. I need things to...
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Thoughts on ageing
I promised to write more on the topic of ageing. So, here come some of my personal thoughts…I would love it if any of my readers could share their thoughts and feelings too. When I turned 30, 40, 50,...
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Follow up to my post about ageing
I wrote about my thoughts on ageing the other day. I was really moved by some of the comments and replies I received about my post. I had my 60th birthday in June. I’m now at the age my Nan was when I...
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Secret Sadness
Each day we are with other people. Some we know, most we don’t. In shops, on public transport, wherever we go, we deal with people. Some of them are nice, others may be a bit irritable and testy. Or...
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Dresses
This year I told myself that as soon as it was warm enough, I would wear only skirts and dresses unless I was on the bike. And I have stuck to my resolution. I love dresses, and even though my top...
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Hidden burdens
I wrote about Secret Sadness the other day and have been thinking about it often this week. I have been sick with a heavy cold and sinus infection for weeks, so I have had a constant pounding...
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Pink products in October
Every year in October I buy several Swedish Cancer Society pink ribbons – one for each coat. A different Swedish designer creates the ribbon each year. Almost all the money from ribbon sales goes to...
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Some photos from out and about
The last few weeks we have been travelling to classic car shows around the county. I absolutely love old cars – my second dad was a serious car collector – so it is lovely to see such lovingly...
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Advantages of growing older
I have been writing recently on the less good things about growing older – society’s view of older people, ageism in the workplace, how our bodies start to betray us, the difficulties of finding...
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More thoughts on ageing
A couple of months ago, I promised to write more articles on the topic of ageing. I have been truly surprised and touched at the engagement and response my posts have received, primarily from women...
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Small slices of happiness
For me it is a good book a nice cup of tea a cat on my lap hugs a gorgeous sunny day being inside and cosy when it rains a really good night’s sleep my favourite tv show I firmly believe that very few...
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SAD – seasonal affective disorder
Stockholm, 11am in winter I came to Sweden twenty years ago, in the middle of winter (February). Because I am from the southern hemisphere, I left South Africa at the height of summer and arrived in my...
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Happy 2020!
To celebrate entering the twenties, on Old Year’s Eve I wore a vintage twenties-style dress from the local thrift store. The flowers on the front and back shoulders are made of sequins, and the rest...
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Speaking a language as a non-native
I speak Swedish pretty well but I work in English all day, and I speak English at home with my Swedish husband. When we are with other Swedes we speak Swedish to each other and to them, but we always...
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We bought an apartment!
My husband and I have been looking for a new apartment for a while now. Stockholm has a huge housing crisis with queues for rental apartments being decades (read my article here), and property prices...
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