Watching/reading in June

Warm and sunny weather and endless summer days, perfect for getting lost in the world of books and reading undisturbed in a hammock. But we also keep a few movies...

Ecomuseum Bergslagen: Finngården Skifsen

On an extremely lucky mosquito-free evening, a tiny village/project where they aim to build a Finn farm the way it could have looked in the 1750s. The location, which is...

Small pleasures #7: carving a wooden Dala horse

When the bright spring sun turns golden and the wonderful light lures us outside, we gather in the garden and make a nice warm fire to sit by. It's quiet...

The search for a letter turned into giant spring cleaning

A few weeks ago, I got an unexpected request about a letter from Brenda Spencer who I wrote when working on the book "I don't like Mondays". Very sure that...

Watching in April: famous five

[caption id="attachment_4347" align="alignnone" width="500"] Illustration by Eileen Soper[/caption] In the last few months, I haven't watched much at all, but by doing some research for a project, I stumbled upon some...

Vegan cheese/Cashewbert

Eagerly, we've been waiting for these vegan creations to be ready for a first bite. The whole process takes a few weeks of turning, checking humidity, and things like that--...

10 things I miss about Belgium right now

It's been more than a year since we were able to visit our home country Belgium. By now, we certainly notice the Swedish influence creeping in (what size of drink...

New print design: What time hides (available on Redbubble)

New design at the Redbubble shop! It's called 'What time hides'. (<-- click this link to get directly to the overview of all the products with this design) What looks like...

Vegan raspberry cheesecake

The sun was out, shining happily through our kitchen, and filling the air with spring joy. It inspired Joeri to already bring the taste of summer into our Fika. That...

A new skincare routine

A few years ago, during a cold Nordic winter, I was rather shocked when I saw myself in a photograph. Being a photographer, I am not that used to see...