Hello friends! Sorry for not posting in a week, but things are getting really busy! I am going through the designed pages of my book, working on the last corrections. (The designer made my book sooo gorgeous! It is more beautiful than I could have imagined!) But you’d think that after editing and g…

Hello friends! We have been working for weeks to find a new book title for my memoir. As you know my publisher was not satisfied with the previous title The Cicadas, which didn’t do the job sufficiently of telling what kind of book my memoir is, or drawing the reader in. In addition there were too…

Hello peeps! The monsoon is definitely here; the rain is pouring down and the thunder and lightning makes our whole house shake. It is dark like a Swedish winter afternoon and the air is raw with humidity, making me light candles, put on sweaters and search for socks brought from Sweden. And here…

Today I am reusing the picture from my previous blog post Glorious Mess! I need to remind myself to embrace the mess, see the beauty in all the odd pieces coming together, just like in this beautiful Indonesian tile floor. Are you also someone who like it when things are in order, under control, l…