I had this conversation a couple of days ago, it was about happiness, about how life can radically change from drowning in money, (wrong) friends, living in a dream world. I never really though about it the other way, how things can go from 100 to zero. from a life you think you had to [...]
You know the great thing, though, is that change can be so constant you don’t even feel the difference until there is one. It can be so slow that you don’t even notice that your life is better or worse, until it is. Or it can just blow you away, make you something different in [...]
I have had this song in my ear since we left Finland. And even though I can not understand their lyrics – nobody can – I know them. I know it’s about arriving in a place you have never left, simply because you belong there. For the first time in years I didn’t feel lonely [...]
i have always firmly believed that life and the happiness that comes with it is defined by a series of what i call perfect moments. there was a slight breeze on the jetty that stretched out into the water, the sunrays on astrid’s face i sat on the front porch of mikkos summer cottage. there [...]
Around here, everybody acts the same
Around here, everybody acts like nothing’s changed
Friday night, the club meets at Al’s Barbecue
The sky’s still, the same unbelievable blue
I believe.
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when I moved to Finland in 2002 I didn’t know anyone, but my girlfriend. No one. Zero. Niente. I started looking for hockey teams and practiced with two or three until I kind of settled in with one of them, the Vaajakosken Pelikaanit, playing division III. I played two seasons for them, partially 2001-2002 and [...]
it’s been nearly three years. when we finally arrived in jyväskylä, we were greeted by urho. i have never met him before, well not directly as hanna was 6 months pregnant when we saw last. now he’s a 2 1/2-year-old 24-hour source of entertainment. while most of the things haven’t changed, this one has – [...]
If that’s the only place where you can leave your doubts
I’ll hold you up and be your way out
I believe.
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