Boreal Expat

A couple of weeks ago, I made a slightly weird trip to America, to my home state of Georgia. It wasn’t exactly an impromptu trip, but it wa...

In October , I wrecked our car on one of those all-too-rare Finnish autumn days when there’s just too much sunshine. The sky was clear...

I once saw a map in Winterthur, Switzerland, that made a big impression on me. It was in my late sister-in-law’s apartment, a few short bl...

No doubt like most people, I have vivid associations between certain pieces of music and some particular place, associations that sometimes...

I’ve been back in Finland from our holiday in America for well over a month already and am only now getting around to posting anything abou...