Every year at Christmas time, the Norwegian embassy puts a Christmas tree in the main train station in Washington DC. It's an ugly looking tree: Norwegian Tree at Union Station They do this every year. I don't know for how long, but back when I was passing through Union Station all the time in the… Continue reading The Norwegian Tree at Union Station
The Home is a book about a family in Sweden in the early 1800s. They have like 7 kids. The author is Fredrika Bremer. I got to know her through an exhibit I saw at the Swedish museum in Philadelphia. I found The Home in the Loserville Library, in Swedish. In the original Swedish, the… Continue reading The Home: a book from the year 1839 sounds like it was written today
I've been reading two books written in days of yore, both set in Scotland. One is Waverley, which was published in 1814, and one is Beside the Bonnie Brier Bush, published in 1894. So they were both published on opposite bookends of the 19th century. I'm reading them because they are both books that Lucy… Continue reading Scottish-Swedish words
I am both re-reading Villette right now (by Charlotte Bronte), and reading The Home for the first time (by Fredrika Bremer). Charlotte Bronte is world famous, of course. Fredrika Bremer, an author from Sweden, may not be famous right now, but she was back in her day, even in the USA. The Loserville library has… Continue reading Charlotte Bronte and Fredrika Bremer
The last time I made a video about Sweden, it was fall 2017. Can't believe we're 6 years past 2017. The time gap was not intentional. I just got caught up with other things. But I finally got one done. . Taylor Swift singing about Sweden (Mirrorball): I made this in Blender 3D. I tried… Continue reading A new video about Sweden
I think this is one of my favorite scenes I've ever made in Blender: Those are the angel chimes completed, and I have them spinning; and as they spin, they shoot sparkly hearts out the mouths of the trumpets of the angels!
I love angel chimes. They are so gorgeous. I have one at home, it has 3 trumpeting angels and a star on the top. So, I've been creating a 3D version in Blender. I'm using the clearest angel-chime photo I could find online to help get it all right. I can't wait to finish it,… Continue reading Angel chimes in Blender3D
I was on a long train ride recently, and I traced out this trumpeting angel in Blender: Trumpeting angel in Blender I love these angels! I recently found out you can see statues of some of them in Philadelphia, along the Schuylkill River. If you are in the area, I would definitely go check them… Continue reading Trumpeting angels in Blender
Nordic Nest is an (on-line only?) store in Sweden. You can get all sorts of stuff from Sweden on it. The site seemed very legitimate, so one day, I thought, what the heck, and placed an order. As soon as I press 'pay', however, I got a notice from my credit card -- they wanted… Continue reading Ordering from Nordic Nest
1. I applied for a job as a "Data scientist and GIS specialist" in Sweden. The job was located in a "peace and development" department. So the job title, and the job focus, were pretty much the summary of my PhD, which I had just finished. I sent my application in to SIPRI (Swedish International… Continue reading Job racism in Sweden and Europe
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