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Just a little questionnaire...
Just found this fun questionnaire, on , and had to post it here. Simply answer all questions below with titles of books on your shelves...Again, i'm sorry for not writing more often, but i just haven't...
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(A belated) Happy New Year!
Hello again! I'm just going to start breaking the silence by wishing you a Happy New Year and by posting a series of photos from my own new year's eve celebrations.I and a couple of friends spent the...
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Ulriksdal Palace
Ulriksdal Palace, seen from the lake.After a mild december it's now been incredibly cold for almost a full month and the snow, though it hasn't been that much of it, has actually stayed! It's...
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Someone has heard my prayers at last!
I have long been pining for more period-instrument recordings of the music of André-Ernest-Modeste Grétry (1741-1813) -there have been shockingly few over the years, in fact hardly any at all. -absurd,...
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the Castle of Engsö.
Last tuesday I, my friend K, her "sister in law" L and their respective infants Joni and Ingrid, went out to Engsö castle -one of my favourite places on earth. It's situated on a peninsula a two...
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A sign of life -and a little talk of death.
Summer just exploded in my face, and now it's almost over. Luckily i am very much of an autumn-person, even though i adore all seasons -even winter if circumstances are right... -and as last winter was...
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If i were...
Just a little diversion. I Was browsing through back issues of one of my favorite blogs; Paris Parfait where i found this and just had to fill it in myself. So much fun! Now;Do it you too!If I were a...
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Indochine, mon amour!
I'm shocked, but mostly exhilarated! -this is exactly the kind of news i've been longing and pining for for so long; Marguerite Duras'"Un Barrage contre le pacifique" or "The Sea Wall" (1950) has been...
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La Question
One of Françoise Hardy's most beautiful songs; "La Question", from 1971."I do not know who you might beI do not know who you hope for,I always seek to know youand your silence disturb my silenceI do...
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A gloomy anniversary.
Yesterday it was five years ago since my mother passed away, aged 64.It didn't feel any different from any other day of course, i just thought it worth noticing, and simply saw it as an excuse to write...
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Happy Saint Cecilia's day!
Saint Cecilia by Carlo SaraceniToday we celebrate Saint Cecilia, martyr and patroness of sacred music, and of all musicians. William Boyce - Ode on St. Cecilia's day.
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Collage.
Last weekend a friend arranged a little collage-workshop at her office. The theme was nature and it's different aspects; the devastating, the tamed, the tropical, the bountiful etc... I got to do the...
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Line Renaud: "Le Hully Gully"Even though winter over here has mostly been everything i could possibly wish it to be, so far, freezing cold and dry; i constantly find myself dreaming of swaying...
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Estella Blain (1930-1982) "Solitude" -written, composed and performed by Estella Blain Herself, with the orchestra of Christian Chevalier. From the EP "Hurlevent" from 1967.An incredibly beautiful song...
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LOSS.
My father, painted by his good friend, the late Stig Claesson.Four weeks ago my dear father died, aged 86.He got pneumonia, and as he had COPD after a lifetime of fervent smoking, and stubborny...
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I can't believe it's been six months since the last time i checked in here. I always come to think of things i should write about, or images to post here, but as with so much else in my life lately, it...
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Happy Halloween!
A drawing i did this morning based on Thomas Gainsborough's iconic portrait of Georgiana, Duchess of Devonshire, from 1787. Simply done to wish all of my readers, who still are still around, a Happy...
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The Belated Halloween Bash
Last saturday, on all saints' day, i transformed my little apartment into a haunted house and gave a nice, intimate little belated halloween party. Me and my two co-hostesses served the guests...
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RIP Montserrat Figueras (1942-2011)
Today i was so sad to hear that the catalan soprano Montserrat Figueras had passed away, aged 69.She was married to the violist and conductor Jordi Savall, together with whom she performed and made...
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