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Cute Cat Acrylic Painting
Time started: 08:50Time finished: 16:41 I received this cute cat paint-by-numbers (PBN) acrylic kit from my sister, Vivian, when we all gathered in Geneva, Switzerland last week—many thanks, Vivi! Today, in between laundry, cleaning the apartment, making meals, and entertaining Mister Pops the Cat, I have managed to complete this mini art project. I loved… — read more
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When things happen…
Everything happens for a reason (or things happen—no reason). As usual, my awesome friend and former colleague Isaiah Lim has made something happen. And this is the reason I become a notch smarter every week […] — read more
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Roget’s Thesaurus
Isn’t this a thing of beauty? Austin Kleon has written a post about the Roget’s Thesaurus that spurred me on to take immediate action to procure a copy for my personal library. I began my usual sourcing procedures, found it at Bokus.com (I was quite surprised to get it at a good deal in Sweden… — read more
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Library Stash (week 11 2023)
It’s time again for a new batch of library books! During the week I have placed some books reservation with the public library—10 in total—and collected them all on Thursday after work. It was after library hours but because I have the meröppet library card […] — read more
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If you could spend 30 minutes today creating whatever you want, what would you create?
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Saturday Blog Catch Up
It’s Saturday, I’m catching up on my blog feed and came across a few interesting discoveries. As usual, I started with Austin Kleon, my favorite of favorites. […] — read more
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Presentation for SVA ‘delkurs 4’
Muntlig presentation is one of the four assignments required to be completed to pass the svenska som andraspråk grundläggande delkurs 4. This means students are to prepare a presentation on any topic (the topic must be checked with and approved by the teacher) and then presented in class on an agreed date.I did mine about… — read more
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My SVA ‘Grund’ Journey Has Ended!
I have been updating my svenska som andraspråk (Sva) journey in this post but achieving this milestone is worthy of a standalone post, so here it is…1.5 years after moving to Sweden, I have completed my fundamental Swedish as a second language (in Swedish: grundläggande svenska som andraspråk). […] — read more
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Keys to Success — B. C. Forbes
Today is Sunday and it’s my day of reflection. The essay below, “Keys to Success,” written by B. C. Forbes in 1917, is a constant reminder to me of what life is about. I refer to it often and am inspired to share it today:Your success depends on you.Your happiness depends on you.You have to… — read more
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Bookrea 2023: nya böcker!
Two weeks ago I wrote about Sweden’s book sale and all my purchases have arrived! The first package from Bokus arrived on Tuesday, 21 February. Then Amazon on Wednesday, 22 February. And finally, Adlibris and Bokus—again, both on Friday, 24 February. […] — read more