Writing her before I start to work with my book is a little like warming up. I don´t know why , but I have started to leave summer in my mind. Maybe to prepare myself for the upcoming dark and cold winter. Sweden is really dark and cold during wintertime. However, if there is snow, that makes your life much easier. It affects your mood a lot, at least mine.

What is surprising in Sweden is that we get surprised every year when we get a lot of snow.  Even though we know that there might be a lot of snow, we are somehow not prepared and it is a big surprise every time it is happening.

I am longing for “Allhelgona helgen”, or Halloween. It is so beautiful with all churches filled with candles. Actually, Sweden has been introduced to some American traditions. I like pumpkins a lot. They spice up life with beautiful colors. Some children have started with “trick or treat”. When I was little we never celebrated Halloween. I only remember doing so called “trick or treat” with my best friends at Lucia and at Easter time. At Lucia, we went to houses and sang songs. We got a lot of candy. And we were happy. I´ll see if I find a picture and I will show you. Auntie and her American family has introduced my family to turkey traditions. She has also thought me how to make Caribbean “rhumcake”. She has given me a recipe and an American cup so I can measure the right amount since Swedish and American measuring are not the same. Like a mile and kilometer etcetera.

These mornings I have Swedish breakfast. Porridge and cloudberries. Very good for your stomach. Lots of fibers. Healthy.

Happy Friday!

Anna

I could never imagine that I like this much to write. However, I have rather dull work right now. I am reading, changing, finding synonyms etc. And it is very, very time consuming. I also have free time so I try to find new energy as much, and as often as possible. By resting and training.

I will not write much here today.  I am just about to go and find some breakfast. I am very found of pastries so I found a photo from a previous voyage I made. Temptations.

Wishing you a Happy Thursday!

Anna

I have a lot of focus on Hässelbyloppet. I am a little concerned about my time, because I don´t achieve better time when I exercise. I stay at one hour. I remember last time I run Hässelbyloppet that it was simpler (no hills) than “Tjejmilen” so my plan is to have so called mind focus. I have to run faster even though I feel acid in my muscles. I use Tigerbalsam® sometimes to reduce pain and it actually works. So, right now, I think my training only leads to burning calories. But that is good. I need to burn some fat.

Sports take a lot of time, but that is one of my big interests in life. Has always been in periods. Sometimes more, and sometimes less. It takes time to get dressed, to put the shoes on, do the work out, stretching and finally, get refreshed and refueled.

I like sports a lot. That makes me feel good. It is good for both body and soul. I write and I go jogging. I am having a good life. Little life. Daily life. SMHI predicts not so good weather on Sunday. But, I hope there will be sun and no rain.

I have to have patience. Patent is something to be developed over years. When I was about 20 years old I was always so eager. I still am, but I have learnt to hold my horses. Impulse control.

To get inspiration I start at the Stadium when I go running. Since my time is not improving I need to work on intervals. However, Stadium is currently closed for the public so I have to find a safe place where I can go exercising.

Since I am single it is good to have something to make you feel good. Sports definitely makes me feel good!

I don´t know if you have noticed that I changed photo on my sport tweet´s. That was stepping out of comfort zone. Exhausted after running, no make up but very, very happy! By the way, the photo was taken by my mother.

Bonne journée!

Anna

…there was a woman who wanted to tell her story. She had a lot, a lot to tell but something made her shut her mouth. She didn´t know much about life. She had read forbidden literature. Her life was endangered. She was frightened. She didn´t know what scared her, so could she be scared if she didn´t know who wanted to wound her?

I have always liked fairytales. My favorite book when I was little was stories by “Grimm brothers”. I remember when I was seven years old; started school when I was six years old. I had just learnt how to read books and I had found a big, old book at the school´s library. It was such an old book. You could even feel from the smell that it was an old book. It was a huge book with a lot of stories, so it was easy to read. I don´t know why but I especially remember that I read it when I had breakfast. The stories were so exciting so I could´t let go of the book. But I had to, because I had to go to school.

I remember a story about a woman being kidnapped and put into a cage with no access to the outer world. She was kept as a prisoner for a long time. No one saved her, or thought of her, but she could finally save herself by talking sweet to the guard. It took a long time to take care of her wounded soul and body. She didn´t know what to believe about life. Is life, or maybe man, this cruel?

I still like fairytales a lot. All the stories have helped me to build a stable life platform. I remember a picture from my childhood that still is in my mind that nobody can take away from me. A girl sitting by a lake in a John Bauer forest. I share this picture with you today. You can make up your own picture.

I have a simple breakfast today. I am thinking of what a Swedish breakfast is. I will show you what I am grown up with. That is a daily life breakfast and a brunch for weekends. There are so many versions of Swedish breakfasts.

This is all from me today. I admit that I have been lazy writing. It is more fun to write here.  However, my next book will be much easier to write. My biggest challenge is to find proper Swedish. I feel embarrassed that I write such bad Swedish.

Je vous embrasse,

Anna

I am very happy to live so close to such beautiful churches. Yesterday, I did not work so much. I went to church, went for a run and listened to an organ concert. I suppose a lot of people wonder why I do this, but it is somehow to meditate for me. To find piece and harmony. I love music. Or rather, my brain loves music. That is a way to meditate. Since I am single and live alone I need to make the best out of my life. Little life. I like little life a lot. I have had nun life for almost four years. So of course, I went for confession yesterday.

My book touches upon life, death and religion. Special emphasis is on life. It is actually very difficult to write about it because this is my point of view today, but I know that this may change. Life experience change what you believe in. Or maybe should´t believe in. Actually, I don´t know.

Hässelbyloppet takes a lot of time. More than I thought. It takes three hours every day. I follow www.SMHI.se every day to see weather forecast. Hope Sunday will be as beautiful as today. I like my new running clothes.

Today I am having American breakfast. I thought a lot about sweet auntie yesterday. She has no children but she is very happy she has such a sweet American family. So today I have American breakfast. Isn´t there a movie called “Breakfast at Tiffany´s?”

Have a sweet day!

Anna