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almost monochrome III

The ugly, sour, no-nonsense winter is here. Half melted snow that has frozen again, grey-black muddy-dirty-slushy snow frames the roads – blended with sand. Nothing even remotely smarmy about it. And still it fascinates me (obviously since I think it … Continue reading

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midvinter midday

The midvinter – the endpoint of the sun’s travel from north and the starting point for the return – usually occurs December 21. The Swedish name day this day – the shortest day of the year – is Thomas, which … Continue reading

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