Monday, January 27, 2014

TWENTY YEARS

I'm about to begin day one of my twentieth year teaching English to students in Catholic secondary schools. There's a lot I can say about my teaching career, but I'll save it all for another post... LJ, 28 January 2014.

Saturday, January 4, 2014

VRETA AREA, APRIL 2013











UPPSALA, APRIL 2013








STOCKHOLM, APRIL 2013













SWEDEN


The five days I spent in Sweden during April 2013 were five of the greatest days of my life. I adored so many things about Sweden - birch trees, roe deer, melting snow, bobsledding, cranes returning from the north, the drumming of woodpeckers, Stockholm's mind-blowing architecture, Uppsala Cathedral, Uppsala's rune stones, Nils Oscar ale, herrings, rye bread, blueberry soup, cool modern trains, tramping across frozen lakes and swamps etc. I was very fortunate to stay with friends (respect Nat and Rob) in a small town called Vreta, not far from Uppsala, a university town north-west of Stockholm. The following posts will feature photographs from those five days. I hope you like them. LJ, January 5 2014.   

Wednesday, January 1, 2014

KOSCUISZKO

I tramped to the summit of Mt Koscuiszko on New Year's Day. Sublime stuff. A tremendous way to start off the new year. LJ, January 2 2014.