I'm back in Lund, and trying to make sense of my new phone, a SonyEricsson Xperia X10 mini pro, which I think I'm going to like quite a lot, if i ever get the hang of it. I've managed to import my contacts, and even connected to gmail, but there are so many things to understand. Not sure I really can afford to use it for the internet that much ( Read more... )

 Well, what a wonderful early summer day it was today. First day in weeks it was actually pleasant to sit on the balcony and have dinner.  I didn't need a jacket when I took the bike over to my sister's old flat to check for mail etc, and I bought a carton of Swedish strawberries form the stand by the cross-road. Still bloody expensive, 50 SEK ( ( Read more... )

Feeling somewhat better today. Went back to the nurse at the clinic today and my finger was fine, and then I met up with A&T for coffee and gossip and plans for the summer. I'm probably going to Geneva with a big bag of my sister's clothes & books in late June/early July, and then hopefully I'll get some peace and quiet in Lund in between train- ( Read more... )

In Lund again since Saturday night, slept most of the week-end. Now the weather has broken, and we had the first Matthew Arnold-ian early June day for a while. I finished Barbara Pym's brilliant novel A Glass of Blessings this mornings, and she always makes me think of Thyrsis:

So, some tempestuous morn in early June,
When the year's ( Read more... )

Instead of going to the spinning class tonight, my sister and I took advantage of the beautiful weather and went on a 2½ hours long bike-ride. We cycled out into the countryside, headed towards the coast, but not quite making it. 19 kilometres according to googlemap. My legs are very tired, but I really want to go out there again, maybe with a ( Read more... )

Still temperatures around 30 degrees Celsius here and today practically no wind, so even my usually rather cool flat turned into a baking oven. And the spinning class tonight was crazy! Everyone came out totally wet with sweat and I am so tired I just want to sleep. My body aches all over, and I've drunk so much water.

Not much else going on. I ( Read more... )

My brother and his wife slept in my flat last night, and today I went to see them off at the train station for further travel to Kastrup and their flight to Paris. I'll see them again in two weeks, when I join them in Paris, so it didn't feel as melancholy as it often does. I'm really looking forward to going away for a longer period, even if Paris ( Read more... )