Lev! Live!

25 februari, 201725 februari, 2017 / Leya / 3 kommentarer

In Umeå, where my daughter is studying, there is a 170 meter long glass wall in the railway tunnel (2012) decorated with some 30 quotes from the works of author Sara Lidman (1923-2004)- Lev!(Live)

She was born in the village Missenträsk and raised in the Västerbotten region of northern Sweden. She studied at the University of Uppsala when she contracted tuberculosis. She achieved her first great successes with the novel Tjärdalen (The Tar Still) and the novel Hjortronlandet, where she depicts themes such as alienation and loneliness.

Sara Lidman is one of the most important writers of the Swedish language in the twentieth century. Especially because of her innovative language and imagery, Biblical but also integrating the worldly and the spiritual. She also wrote extensively on political subjects, always with a strong feeling for the poor, against war and colonialism, pornography and the misuse of our natural environment. She engaged in protest against the Vietnam War and apartheid in South Africa.

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WPC: A Good Match

24 februari, 201724 februari, 2017 / Leya / 20 kommentarer

Daughter and Dog – A Good Match indeed!

Thursday Thoughts – Moving a Town

23 februari, 201723 februari, 2017 / Leya / 24 kommentarer

Kiruna is the northernmost town in Sweden, situated in the province of Lapland in Norrbotten County. Inhabitants – about 20 000.

Esrange Space Center was established in Kiruna in the 1960s, and they also have the Institute of Space Physics^.

The re-development of Kiruna is a reconstruction project, as the Kirunavaara mine, run by LKAB, undermines the current town center. Several buildings, including Sweden´s most beautiful church and the famous Town Hall, are to be moved or demolished. The whole town center is to be moved 3 kilometers to the east.

The ground deformations became apparent in 2003, and the redevelopment started in 2007. The moving of the town was started in 2014 and is expected to be finished by 2100. According to the plan, there will be a denser city centre with a greater focus on sustainability, green and blue infrastructure, pedestrians and public transport rather than automobiles.

Walking the empty streets at night, the snowy silence is almost visible, touchable, embedding you in cotton cold. I wonder how the people here really feel…knowing most of them will have to leave their homes and their familiar surroundings for something they have not chosen themselves. A great piece of history will be lost, and I guess a piece of Lapland´s soul as well.

Cee’s B&W Photo Challenge: Any Camera or Photographer

23 februari, 201723 februari, 2017 / Leya / 10 kommentarer

Puerto Baquerizo Moreno, San Cristobal, Galapagos.

Pelikan and photographer – both of them relaxed.

Wordless Wednesday

22 februari, 2017 / Leya / 4 kommentarer

CFFC: Looking Down at Things

22 februari, 201722 februari, 2017 / Leya / 7 kommentarer

For Cee´s Looking Down…, here we are at Prins Philip´s Steps, Galapagos, waiting for the panga to come and take us back to Cachalote.

Travel theme: Turquoise

20 februari, 2017 / Leya / 13 kommentarer

Travel theme: Turquoise

Those mountain lakes in Switzerland – they are my first thought when it comes to soft turquoise! Fresh and clear mountain water

Jokkmokk – The Reindeer Race

19 februari, 201719 februari, 2017 / Leya / 18 kommentarer

Every year there is this race on the lake – and it is great fun to watch it. The reindeer are indeed not very tame, and they have to be handled rather like the wild creatures they are… But they seem to like this game – and the running!

The horns often got tangled in the ropes…

…but finally time for a new race!

…and the reindeer eager!

Almost unstoppable…

Well…the last guy was really funny – and he most certainly enjoyed this game even more than the reindeer….No sledge, just his boots!

The reindeer are quite unstoppable as well, as you can see from the pictures. When they have finished the race…they will go on running!

And walking them home can be rather tricky too – even more if they are two…

Silent Sunday

19 februari, 201719 februari, 2017 / Leya / 7 kommentarer

Jokkmokk – The Market Place

18 februari, 201719 februari, 2017 / Leya / 21 kommentarer

If you missed out on my first post on this famous market, click here.

For the big 100- year-celebration, 6th February in Trondheim – go to Bente Haarstad’s blog. Click here.

After a rather warm walk (only 9 degrees C below zero…the temperature at some of the markets over the years has dropped to -40-45 C) among the tents, eating well and buying some dried reindeer sausages, we went down to the lake for the yearly Reindeer Race. People from everywhere come and race two and two on sledges behind a reindeer. But that – you can see more of in another post! Maybe you would like to try yourself?