sweden

Is it possible to lose feeling in your lungs? When I think back to my halcyon days of just yesterday when I was in Los Angeles and it was almost 80 degrees and I literally complained about summer coming too soon because my style is better suited to layers of winter clothing,…

We arrived late and stayed up a bit late getting cleaned up and settled and drinking wine and congratulating ourselves on picking such a beautiful Airbnb apartment and then fell into a deep sleep like bears for the winter. Hi Stockholm, we are hibernating. Today we woke up so late that…

People who don’t have cats will never understand the AMAZING level of help offered by feline companionship. Paper bags never go without a thorough investigation. Boxes get the same tough scrutiny. Clothes never get folded without first being inspected, rolled on, and scrutinized for the napping properties. Packing for Sweden today,…

Every morning for the past few weeks I wake up and check my phone for the weather in Stockholm. We leave in a few days and sometimes, if I catch the iPhone weather just right, a snowflake appears in the 7-day forecast. The idea of seeing snowflakes in Sweden has…