Just random things. I have one or two times written that I want to travel by train, just because I get so much reading and writing done on trains. At least I have toyed with that idea. And yesterday I read that musician Ester ”Vanbot” Ideskog and two others in her group traveled by train all the way to China. It took weeks but when they arrived ( Read more... )

The last American who got a Nobel prize in literature was Toni Morrison, 1993, and now after Americans started to complain that they don’t get Nobel prizes in literature - especially not on the the same scale that they get other Nobel prizes - the Swedish Academy shocked the world and gave the prize to Bob Dylan. Ok maybe it’s not a shock, but fun ( Read more... )

Just thought I'd write a few personal, and very far from perfect, reflections on this Identity 2016: 'Global citizenship' rising, poll suggests, that a large proportion of the world's young people see themselves as global citizens.

First, the silly thing. The fun thing about to thinking of myself as a citizen of the world is that I can see myself ( Read more... )