Valya | December 31, 2009
"I arise in the morning torn between a desire to improve the world and a desire to enjoy the world. This makes it hard to plan the day."E.B. White Last year (2009) we moved four times: two different countries, three different cities. We lived in 2 apartments and 2 houses. It was another year of [...]
Valya | December 29, 2009
Snowdrops Do you know what I was, how I lived? You know what despair is; then winter should have meaning for you. I did not expect to survive, earth suppressing me. I didn’t expect to waken again, to feel in damp earth my body able to respond again, remembering after so long how to open [...]
Valya | December 27, 2009
The week of feasting began with a Christmas Julbord at Tre Kronor, a wonderful Swedish smorgasbord (50 dishes!) shared with dear friends. My favorites were the mustard salad, red cabbage, cucumbers and dill, pickled beets, and the rich and cheesy potatoes. They had roast pork with prunes, Swedish meatballs, 9 different types of herring, so many [...]
Valya | December 21, 2009
