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Today is my day. Annan dag påsk. I have huge problems with hackers. I suppose these are attacks by nerds, not having anything else to do but to destroy. Get a life.

I work on my book. Almost finished. This is the first time I write a novel or a roman. Don´t really know what it is called. I like my book a lot. During this time, I have learnt that it must be difficult to be an author. When I write I must be in a certain mood. I like to give a sense to what I write. If you are a professional writer you have to write all the time. I cannot do that. I don´t have that skill.

I am still at my parents house. My sweetest has been subjected to an attack. Her fur is cut so I do not recognize my sweetie. She is unrecognizable but her hair will grow back. Jack Russel fur should be picked, not cut. The hairdresser know that. So they did this on purpose. Why do people want to destroy?

I helped my parents to make some cinnamon rolls for their coffee. Something sweet for coffee. Fika. That is really Swedish. To have coffee or the with something sweet.

Ok. I show you this cinnamon roll picture to tempt you to make a cake or something today. Or, why not waffles? I will make that for lunch!

By the way, do you know what con is in French?

Wishing you a very pleasant day!

Anna

Since I am grown up in the countryside I am used to food, cookies, berries etc. We have a special tradition called “7 sorters kakor”. It was a long time I made cookies so I made some for my parents. They are happy. I can tell. No doubt.

This recipe is, I think, very old. It is really something typically Swedish. I guess it is the syrup that is the main ingredient. And the nuts. I give it to you in Swedish. Please let me know if you need a translation.

Anna

Hi everybody! I am really sorry because I do not know who reads this. I just write. Since I don´t know who read, is difficult to write so I simply just write. And write.

I previously told you that I have this urge to write. I have it inside me. Sometimes several days can pass without this need to write. Strange. It is also strange that I sometimes write poems. I remember when I went to high school. At that time, poems was just something difficult and complicated. Difficult to understand. Now I follow my own rules and call it poetry myself.

I suppose it (poetry & writing) is like a good wine. It needs to mature before it is good. Like olives. I was going to buy Bassett´s candy last night that is why I think of wine. I love Bassett´s. One of my favorites. Would be nice to have half size since I eat everything if available. I think that it was when I stayed in France I learnt that you need cheese & sweeties after dinner. A very good habit. Food is culture.

Today is a special day. I am in the countryside. I have lit a fire. And I write.

Best wishes,

Anna

Eastern time. Yesterday was “skärtorsdagen”, today i “långfredagen”. Really don´t know the English translation. Eastern is very much connected to religion. However, in Sweden we are not that, so to say, religious. We have traditions but not to the extreme. Eastern is mostly a family gathering.

Often, weather is very good so it is the first opportunity to get some tan. To stay in the sun, enjoy what everybody has longed for. And refill D-vitamines storage. Eat eggs. Eat a lot of candy. Candy is really my weakness, I admit. Female trait. I have to work on that. But that is a way to enjoy life. I have my burdens, I know.

As you know I work as a pharmacist. I get time to write. Right now a lot of work but that will decrease. So this is how I am going to spend my Eastern. So boring. I have started to long for some traveling again. Meet new cultures.

Patent protection.

Lately, I have started to think what happened to my concept “functional nicotinic auto receptors”. I don´t think people understand the enormous impact this has on various neurological diseases. This is theoretical pharmacology, but I am sure this has a broad clinical implication. All diseases associated to dopamine. These are complicated neurological feed-back mechanisms that I could talk a lot about.

I have previously told you exactly how this idea became theoretical pharmacology. Professor Arvid Carlsson talked about nicotinic auto receptors at a little gathering at the department of pharmacology. I had just learnt how to make a dose-response. Classical pharmacology and I discovered a trend. I used an antagonist that gave surprising results. The aim was to find a dose with no effect per se (Larsson et al, 2002).

I think I need to explain that this is exactly how it works within research. You listen to a lecture, you read something and you can make connections and bring theories further. At least, that is how I used to work. Maybe there are other methods of working.

Within research you have to defend yourself and your theories and that is what I do right now.

Happy Eastern!

Anna