Tag: Writing

January 2, 2023Blog

Why journal prompts don’t work well for me

All journal prompts are one of three things: List the ways you suck, Name your favourite things so people can guess your password, and Zombies.
August 30, 2022Blog, Uncategorized

2022

Why have I forgotten to write anything in 2022? Find out!
#60 A Banana Box Full of Ceramic Frogs

Our 4th Irish person named Patrick talks about Easter, writing and how to properly scavenge your apartment trash room.
#22 The Stockholm Writers Festival

Catherine, the organizer of the Stockholm Writers Festival, talks to us about the upcoming festival, Valborg and Eurovision (yes, it’s soon!)
October 20, 2017Uncategorized

A passion for chainsaws

These job ads get more specific every day. Today’s copywriting ad states that they would prefer an applicant who is really into chainsaws. If I come dressed as this guy, […]
February 23, 2015Uncategorized

I control you now, Sweden!

This week, I speak for the entire country of Sweden. Sweden’s Twitter account has a new leader every week. On their website, it states: Every week, someone in Sweden is […]
February 6, 2015Uncategorized

A magical word

“förnämliga” That is the word I had to translate the other day (I work part-time translating documents from Swedish to English). As you see, it can have vastly different meanings. […]
January 21, 2015Uncategorized

Hey, I wrote a book, ya know.

I wrote a little collection of essays about being a Texan living in Sweden.
November 7, 2014Uncategorized

Historical Journaling

Two years ago, I got one of those 5 year journals where you have about 5 lines to write on the same page each year to compare what you did […]
February 21, 2014Uncategorized

I expect him to win the Pulitzer

My 6 yr old son discovered fill-in-the-blank stories this morning. He has really worked hard on the description in this story. It’s as though he’s thought long and hard about […]
January 9, 2014Uncategorized

Sock trouble

I remember in high school, I had a writing class where we got the lesson – “describe how to make a peanut butter sandwich.” Most people probably got a form […]