Living with a baby is like living in slow motion and in a time lapse at the same time. Lately the nights seem to never…

How did I manage to do cooking all those years in Sweden without the number one most fantastic indispensable yet most simple kitchen utensil ever…

Children are really celebrated in Japan, a dear friend in Sweden pointed out when I explained about the 100 day celebration for our son. I…

Last week I was asked by the local newspaper Smålänningen from my hometown in Sweden if I was interested in a story about this blog,…

Raking leaves is really the only thing I do not like about autumn. When living in Sweden, raking leaves on a big lawn every fall…

At the same time as the second wave of Corona infections is unsettling Tokyo, a heat wave is sweeping through Japan. Even the nights are…

Living with a baby is learning to live in a new world, and beside all novelties such as sleep deprivation, diaper changing and experiencing new…

Whether it is my age or the humid summer in Japan I do not know, probably a bit of both, but since moving to Tokyo…

Getting used to changes, I find more and more, is like climbing over the threshold of friction and then keep moving; the effort required to…

Having been engulfed by the baby bubble, my awareness is now on things I did not think about before (and vice versa I am sure,…

With experience from living in apartments in Sweden, I have been amazed at the quietness of our neighbours in our apartment building (or mansion as…

Being a foreigner in Tokyo, I have come to know the Immigration Bureau quite well; during my two years here I have already gone there…