Dr Dolittle – finding stories in your pocket
Dr Dolittle’s technique for coming up with a story off the cuff still works – a brief presentation of Hugh Lofting and the doctor who talks to animals.
Month: April 2015
An Easter walk in Hisingspark
A walk in Hisingspark in a short series of photos taken on Easter Sunday walk with our friend Lena and Aliz the border collie.
Lincoln – The Great Emancipator
A short historical essay on the occasion of the 150th anniversary of the death of the Great Emancipator, Abraham Lincoln, 16th president of the USA.
Busking before the Goddess
In the Nordstan shopping centre, Gothenburg, a busker playing his accordian dwarfed by the image of a commercial goddess.
Welcome to Stops and stories
A welcome and a brief outline of what readers can expect from Stops and Stories in the coming months. Also a glimpse of my tax declaration travails.
Johanna Jarlsdotter (Vassi) – my Becky Sharp
How I came to give the name Johanna to a subsidairy point-of-view character in Elin’s Story and the problems in finding an appropriate and historically correct name.
It was a dark and stormy night
In which I legitimately get to start a blog entry with “It was a dark and stormy night” and ramble on about the view from my Brussels window.