Now that the feelings of boredom and frustration of not being able to do anything productive are familiar to most of us in COVID-closure countries, I’m going to share my experience of pre-pandemic unemployment.
Homebound
Enjoying the outdoors – Before it was forbidden
Bouldering at Simonside, England, before lockdown forced us all indoors.
An icy trail run
Since Southern Finland still has no snow, winter sports are off-limits. Luckily, we can keep doing summer sports, and head to the forest without snowshoes.
Winters, they are a-changing
Finland is not north enough; we need to go to the north of the north. Christmases in Lapland are lovely, but even they are changing.
Blockadia, world of resistance
Climate strikes mobilise the concern and frustration of millions of people regardless of their location. Everyone is part of the same movement, like the people in mining and fossil fuel extraction conflict zones are part of Blockadia.
If it’s not of professional quality, don’t bother
I was supposed to become a communication professional. The pressure to write only great stories was too much and I was no longer able to write for fun.
The whole world in a day
Annual Travel Fair has invaded Messukeskus, the Fair Center in Pasila, Finland. The whole world is visiting.
Autumn at the summer cottage
Statistics Finland counted 501 600 summer cottages in Finland in the year 2015. There are a little less than 5.5 million people in the whole country. Seems like we can talk about a tradition here.
Someone else’s holiday
“Isn’t it funny that you work in a place where we go for a weekend off?” my friend said. Yeah, very funny.
Whisky virgin
ure, drunk people are always drunk people, but the pub culture in the UK is actually quite nice. And what I have noticed, people in pubs are often cheerful and friendly.
Near Here Way Away 