Andreas

It’s still very quiet. People gone away for vacation. Next week pretty much will be back to normal, well, the new normal.

We have a lot of blackcurrant this year on two old bushes in the back of our cottage’s yard. Yesterday I was listening to Core intuition while collecting four-five litres. I’m going to make jelly of it. It’s very good with roasted potatoes and vegetarian burgers.

Woke up with headache and a bit nauseous. Tried to get back to sleep but it wouldn’t fit. Got outside for a walk along the grassy gravel roads around our cottage. The summer has peaked now, but all fields are not being harvested yet. The rye and barley still standing, the wheats gone weeks ago. I think about the last week at work. It’s been tough. We’ve had two severe shootings in Sweden, three people injured in Kristianstad and one teenager dead in Linköping and one badly injured. I’m so glad I have very professional and more experienced people around me, still I’m one of the news editor responsible for getting it all right. It’s challenging. I’ve never done it in a scale like this before. The past week, when I’ve been working physically at work, it’s actually been fun.

This was a Saturday morning post written while walking. Now I’m going to drink this headache away with coffee ☕️ and maybe a painkiller.

How’s your day?

In Stockholm the amount of electric scooters has exploded. Only during this summer they’ve gone from 14000 to 21000 on the streets of the Swedish capital. They’re a big divider. Either you love them or you hate them. The politicians are not satisfied with the situation, the scooters are parked without judgement and the accidents are increasing. But yet the companies are free to offload even more scooters – without having to pay to the City of Stockholm. Drivers can get fined for riding on sidewalks or riding two persons on one scooter. The companies can get fined for bad parking or not collecting dumped scooters, but that’s not happening on a large scale. This is going to be a big political debate during the autumn.

This is a pre school.

I had a long day at work. Stopped by the grocery store on my bike ride home and cooked for the boys (my wife and daughter took off to the cottage). After that I wanted to just lay down and close my eyes. But the sun was still up and the air still full of summer, so I tied my running shoes and went out. I don’t regret it. 🏃🏼‍♂️

Picked a couple of litres of blueberries after breakfast. They’re really nice right now. And we just have to walk two minutes to get to the place where they grow. That’s one of the best things with being out here in the countryside during weekends, you need no certain plan. There is so much to chose from.

You go outside and find yourself being surrounded by beauty. I like living in Stockholm but this is something else, more peaceful. At this time of the year, when August is about to start, summer fades into autumn and all colours go deeper.

Just look at the sky and the barley fields. Me and the kids almost escaped the rain when we biked ro the store to buy candy.

They ate their ice cream standing under a tree. Then it stopped and we rode home.

This have been a great day.

Sitting on the bus from Katrineholm to our cottage. The number on the bus has changed through the years but the route is the same as when I went to school. Back then no one had heard about internet, today you can access wifi on the bus. I write this on my laptop on a steady connection. Fields, paddocks, old villas are passing by. I am a bit tired, but also excited to see my wife and kids again.

In my headphones, The Cure.