Category: Lund
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Birthday Fun
Finding fun in November can be a challenge. This year for my birthday I registered for a painting class taught by my friend, Ghada, at The Art Lounge in Lund. We meet either at her home studio or at Ateljé Råbygård, a sort of arts colony on an old farm site on the outskirts of…
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Halloween & Father’s Day
Swedish Father’s Day always sneaks up on us but luckily Bryant’s favorite way to celebrate is with a hike or day camping. The weather cooperated quite nicely so we headed to the Fulltofta Nature Area where we claimed one of the wind shelters with a fireplace. Bry and Ebba cooked up a batch of Sami-style…
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September 2025
It seems as though a monthly post is more my speed lately. At the beginning of the month the eldest and I went to Minnesota to clean out the basement at Highland Hideaway, celebrate the birthdays of my mom and younger brother, and to catch up with friends. Eldest had not been to MN for…
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Sommartider hej hej
Summer has been slow to arrive but today is the first really hot day, by my standards, at 84 degrees. It might even qualify as a heat wave, which in Sweden is 3 consecutive days with a high of at least 77 degrees. Because the infrastructure is built to reduce heating costs, there hasn’t been…
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Reading the Riot Act
First a few library photos from my travels…For a variety of reasons (OK, I confess, mainly Instagram and Youtube) I haven’t been reading as much over the past few years. I’ve always relied on libraries for the majority of my reading material, both print and audio books. In Sweden, the selection of books in English…
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Till nästa gång, so long
Living abroad in a community made up largely of expats means saying goodbye more frequently and in more ways than I had imagined. It has been far more challenging than language or cultural differences. This quote sums it up for me… “You will never be completely at home again, because part of your heart always…
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Winter limbo
It’s not really Winter weather but certainly not Spring. And while the days are getting longer, it’s quite dreary, with an occasional sunny hour here and there to give us hope. But then the daily crush of bad news leaves us heavy hearted, so we look for distractions and new hobbies to distract and give…
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2024 Holiday Card
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Lundabo Life
Lundabo = a person residing in Lund. With all of the recent changes in our family life, I think it will be good to establish a new routine. Next week I resume Swedish studies at Malmö University so I’ll be going to Malmö at least once per week. Today marks the end of two weeks…
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American Happy Hour
I’ve decided to skip over much of the summer happenings in order to take my time relating Ebba’s (the Swedish name she chose for Language camp) 16th birthday, and the many events of July and early August. We returned from the US with a suitcase full of the treats we can’t find in Sweden determined…