Boreal Expat
Random thoughts of an American in Finland
Saturday, May 21, 2022
Day 87
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Day 87 of Russia’s unprovoked war against Ukraine. It’s been a busy week for Finland. On Monday the Finnish parliament debated NATO membersh...
Sunday, May 8, 2022
Day 74
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Day 74 of Russia’s unprovoked war in Ukraine. This past week the Finnish army was holding its annual mechanized war exercises (which I gues...
Wednesday, May 4, 2022
A Modest Proposal
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With the leak of the Supreme Court draft decision concerning abortion, it is now clear that Roe v. Wade will soon be overturned and abortion...
Monday, April 25, 2022
Day 61
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Day 61 of Russia’s unprovoked war in Ukraine. The Finnish parliament began debating NATO membership last week. Russia already warned over a ...
Saturday, March 19, 2022
Wolf traps and steppe quagmires
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We recently sold my mother-in-law’s apartment in Varkaus, my wife’s hometown in the heart of the Finnish lake district 200 miles from Helsin...
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