M has just been accepted into a ‘dagis’, or daycare, facility starting on Monday. He will be attending 1/2 days five days a week. And with this, my run as a full-time hemmapappa is coming to an end. The original plan, the plan that I agreed to when still in Burma and contemplating the move to Sweden, was that I would stay home with M … Continue reading Sowing the Seeds of Regret
There is a problem with leading a nomadic lifestyle. Well, there are many problems, but the one on my mind today deals with art. My wife is something of an artist, photography, and I am an appreciator of art. Traveling has exposed us to many diverse art forms and we have collected a decent collection. From Bangladesh we have multiple rickshaw art paintings and some … Continue reading Art in a Shipping Tube
As a family nomadic, 2012 saw us split our time nearly evenly between Burma/Myanmar and Sweden. My wife and I sat down and put together a list of the Top 12 and Bottom 12 things about each country according to our experiences. (There is no particular order to the list.) Burma Top 12 Friends – as a family nomadic it always seems we are working … Continue reading 2012 Lists
While the following event did take place, the exact details of the conversation to be described is purely a work of fiction (though it is how the conversation took place in my head.) Scene: Recently weaned M is being put to sleep by Poppa, tantruming K is being bathed by Momma…the phone rings. Momma: “Hello.” Swedish Official: “Hej Hej, is this … Continue reading I need to buy a what?!
I have been eyeing the sleds for some time, but it was with the first snowfall that I took K out to buy his first sleek red plastic sled. K is 3.5 years old and this is his first snow. K is aware of snow. As a child of the north, I have been doing what I can to instill in K an appreciation and … Continue reading A new highlight in parenting: Sledding
For those of you that read “The Abyss of Holiday Cheer”, you are aware that our last foray to a Christmas market was not something out of a Bing Crosby movie. Well, we put that experience behind us, jumped in the car, and drove the 2.5-hour journey to Kalmar Castle, which was hosting another traditional Swedish Christmas market. This time, K was totally into the … Continue reading Christmas in a Castle
The woe being felt, due to the lack of a traditional American Halloween, was slightly alleviated by the observation of All Saints Day. Originating in the 700s CE, the Church decided that November 1st shall be the day to honor all of the saints that did not have their own day. A couple of hundred years later November 2nd was to honor all non-saintly defined … Continue reading All Saints Day
We finally made it up to Stockholm for a quick weekend getaway. We left Almhult on Friday at 10:30am, and after a very enjoyable ride across a decent sized swath of Sweden, we made it to our destination at 6pm. The navigation program said it would take just over 5 hours, but with kids we made a few additional stops and detours. Friday night we … Continue reading A quick weekend in Stockholm
Halloween is by far my favorite holiday and I was lucky enough to marry a woman who shared the same favorite holiday. Having grown up in northern Michigan, Halloween always symbolized the end of Fall and the start of Winter. Often there would be snow, or at least freezing rain, and I would have a costume that needed to fit over a thick winter jacket, … Continue reading A Halloween Perspective
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