D.C. is a strange city; it feels like a bubble. It is a smallish, administrative city in a very very large and powerful country. It is rather anonymous. It seems, in this city of administration, power and museums, people live here for a few years, and it gives the city a neutral feel. I am sure the masses of security forces helps too. The city have some lovely, quirky neighbourhoods; places I could live. A little outside the centre, there is life. The city centre is over-dimensioned with bizarre architecture. A mish-mash of styles and taste. Sometimes it works, sometimes it is awful. A new nation cherry-picking world history. Continue reading “– au revoir, D.C.” »
Category Archives: travel
last days
the last days. heading home soon, from our little jaunt that got an unexpected two weeks extension. Good work done, fine people all around. Continue reading “last days” »
catch of the day
took a couple of hours off work, and went to the eastern marked. Colour, air. air & space. Continue reading “catch of the day” »
the dead, the food & the living
Fine days, hard work. I am getting a blister on my neck from the chain for the ID card. I guess that means we’ve been here a while. Continue reading “the dead, the food & the living” »
shelter from the storm
One of the boys ended up in hospital for a few days, and everything stopped for 48 hours or so. We had a glimpse into the health care system here, and it was – retrospectively – interesting. Continue reading “shelter from the storm” »
squirrels & nuts
Squirrels are the best pea-brains I know of. Oportunistic, curious, adaptable; and wonderfully forgetful. It always makes me smile when passing a tree, rock or building, with a little tree growing out of it. Forgotten nuts moves nature around. Continue reading “squirrels & nuts” »
the show must go on
The museum of natural history is an endless inspiration: I wish so hard I would have had the time to sit down and draw all those wonderful things.. Continue reading “the show must go on” »
day at the museum
Washington D.C. revisited
Again; arrived safe and sound. D.C. is still buried under big piles of snow, and it was a close call wether the plane would land at Dulles or not, but a bit of luck there. Continue reading “Washington D.C. revisited” »
Snippets from the US of A
“America is a large, friendly dog in a very small room. Every time it wags its tail, it knocks over a chair.”
– A. Toynbee – Continue reading “Snippets from the US of A” »
home: -15°C / 5°F
Cold here. And a hellish journey from Göteborg airport. Continue reading “home: -15°C / 5°F” »
in the city of Chicago …
Cold, mad & fab Chicago! Continue reading “in the city of Chicago …” »
Californaey – south, out, about, around and back up
Renting a car for a few days! Good to have own wheels – Continue reading “Californaey – south, out, about, around and back up” »
Californaey, San Francisco
Stuck in Santa Rosa – luggage not welcome on the bus, find mysterious, non-existent Greyhound bus stop miles down the road… Not a promising start for out trip south to San Francisco. Continue reading “Californaey, San Francisco” »
Californaey, part I
DC – the end
The worst snowstorm in over 70 years, the Washington Post says Continue reading “DC – the end” »
Washington DC
Safe and sound in DC. They let us into the country without a hitch, and first day a resounding success. Utter civility… Continue reading “Washington DC” »
Images from Riga
Born in medieval times. the bookbinder, the GPS and the e-book
I study digital media. I was born in the early 70′. I am a dinosaur. My fellow students are 15+ years younger than me – born in another era, on a different planet. We learn roughly the same things from opposite directions; we each hold an end of the stick. Continue reading “Born in medieval times. the bookbinder, the GPS and the e-book” »
best books – non-fiction
Some of the best non-fiction books I have read. Some of them are not necessarily well written, and would not win prices for excellent language; at least one of them is actually annoying in that respect, but I have included them because the subject is interesting/important. I am sure I have forgotten some, but there you go. Teflon brain.
The art of looking sideways
Alan Fletcher
This is how it looks like inside my head. It a fountain of musings, facts, the odd, solid, and whimsical. It is design, doodles, unfinished thoughts, images, drawings. It is colours, shapes and wisdom. It is a delight and frustration at the same time – if I could show what goes on in my head, this is pretty much it. Continue reading “best books – non-fiction” »



