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…

When moving to Japan, I was used to almost never using cash. Many stores and other establishments in Sweden do not even accept cash –…

Apart from love and patience, being a parent seems to require flexibility more than anything else. In many ways I find that my wife and…

Looking into the eyes of a baby is going through a portal opening up to a dimension beyond what was previously possible to encounter; that…

One week with a baby at home has taught me some new Japanese words. First comes lack of sleep, or 寝不足 [nebusoku], where the Chinese…

This has been the happiest week of my life, but in some ways also the most difficult. Let me back up to last Friday, May 29. …

I love the ceiling in our apartment; in a way it feels like we live in an old factory when I look at the ceiling…

Under the big highway, on the other side of the road from our apartment, there is a little playground. My wife calls it a park,…

Names. Names has always fascinated me. I remember when my little sister was born and I had a favourite name that I was trying to…