Author: lizardek

08
Mar
2026

PARTY PALACE POST-PIE PONDERINGS

Our house is such a perfect party palace! Pie Night was another smash success, and this year all 26 attendees were on time and we had the perfect division of dinner pies and dessert pies. For dinner we had brie and mushroom pie, sauerkraut and sausage pie, spinach and broccoli quiche, gluten-free shepherds pie, 2 taco pajs, cheese empanadas and chili beef empanadas, and tuna plait. One family also brought a spinach salad and carrot and celery sticks. For dessert we had 2 fruit pizzas, 2 blueberry pies (one gluten-free), key lime pie (also gluten-free), boston creme pie, berry crumble,...

06
Mar
2026

THINKING OF SPRING AND PREPARING FOR PIE

I’ve thought about writing nearly every day of this month that we are already a week into, and even sat in front of the computer with the tab open to the blog admin page, but ultimately walked away without a post. I’ve got so much going on in every sphere of my life right now. It’s crazy time! Work has been nutso (as per usual; when is it not?) and I’ve had things to do in the evenings and on the weekends, and a mile-long to-do list in my head as well. Tomorrow is Pie Night and I have the...

28
Feb
2026

POOF! THERE IT GOES!

Time is so slippery and real life so intrusive. When am I supposed to find time to update my sad little blog that no one reads anyway? Commencing blog pity party. I’ve been so busy that I just haven’t had time to sit down and write, and so much going on that takes priority over blathering here. And tomorrow is MARCH! Anders and I finally started actual planning for our anniversary trip to Normandy. We’ve plotted out the routes to take for the week, including charging stations and time needed. It’s a LOT of long driving days, but since we...

16
Feb
2026

THE ONLY WAY TO HAVE A FRIEND IS TO BE ONE*

I’ve been thinking a lot about friendship lately. All the different kinds that I’ve been privileged to be a part of and those that have stayed and those that have disappeared and why. I think my delight in landing on writing a letter a month for 2026 was partly fueled by a need to reach out to friends that I feel distant from and, probably, remind them that I exist. Even if I say I don’t expect an answer or a letter back, I’d still like to think that my reaching out might awaken an answering call in people that...

14
Feb
2026

LAZY, BUSY, WORRIED, CHILLY

I was so lazy most of yesterday…had the day off and really needed it, apparently. I didn’t sleep in, but I basically didn’t do anything of use the entire day until I had to leave for dinner at Camilla’s with her and Debbie. So it was a day full of leisure: reading, playing iPad games, working on a crossword puzzle AND a jigsaw puzzle, watching the birds, having breakfast and lunch. I stayed in my pajamas until well into the afternoon. I thought about working in the morning but I managed to restrain myself. 🙂 Today, I made up for...

07
Feb
2026

PRETTY THINGS AND QUIET TIME

It’s the beginning of a relatively quiet week for me, since Anders left this morning with Karin for a week of skiing in Italy. I dropped him off at the station in Lund, then went and parked behind the station and walked over to Espresso House to have breakfast and sit and read for an hour, while waiting for Clemens Antik to open. I was determined to beat Martin there to get that vase, and I DID! HAHA! I WON! He got to work just before 10, but checked on Find My iPhone where I was, and knew I was...

03
Feb
2026

THERE, THEN BACK, THEN UP, THEN DOWN

What a mixed bag of a day. I got up earlier than normal but didn’t stress out about getting ready as I knew I’d need to let my morning bathroom routine take precedence as I did not want to be worrying about finding a restroom on my way to Malmö in rush hour traffic. I got disentangled from the sleep apnea test equipment (went fine, no problems, as far as I know, though we’ll see what the results say), showered, and left the house at 7:30 AM confident that 2 toilet visits would see me through. Wrong. Almost to the...

02
Feb
2026

WEEKEND UPDATE, WEEKDAY STARTER, PLUS A LOT OF UGHS

Already writing February on work filenames, which is crazy. It was Christmas a minute ago. January just whipped by. It’s left us with an arctic freeze. It’s been -3 to -9 CELSIUS every day for what feels forever and no end in sight yet. The snow was pretty much gone before the freeze at least up here. Apparently there is still a lot down south and in Ă–sterlen. It’s been really windy as well, which means that -3 feels like -15. Brr. On the plus side, the last couple of days have been beautifully clear: sunny and bright blue skies...

25
Jan
2026

IF YOU WANT HAPPY ENDINGS, READ COOKBOOKS*

We get a physical monthly magazine from our local Swedish grocery store chain that is chock-full of recipes. It’s named BuffĂ© and it is, indeed, that, in terms of instructions on putting food together. Neither Anders nor I cook much anymore, though he’s much more likely to whip together a tomato and onion soup if we have crushed tomatoes in the pantry. I think about cooking like I think about posting here…a great deal of it happens only in my head. I just spent an hour going through the backlog of magazines in the basket, with the intent of recycling....

24
Jan
2026

STREAM OF CONSCIOUSNESS

It’s Saturday just after lunchtime, and I am determined to write something here, so here I am. The whole week got away from me (again) even though I thought about writing a post several times. Winter has a grip on us and work has turned crazy already so my mind has been elsewhere. It’s a month past the solstice and I would like to feel that the light is returning, but it’s still so dark and cold and wet. We HAVE had snow and several very sunny beautiful clear days but they’ve been bookended by the usual cloud cover, and...

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