Detained at an American airport

It happened over a year before Donald Trump became the president of the United States. I arrived at a huge American airport on a Sunday evening around 7 pm after an 11-hour flight from Europe. According to my biological clock it was 3 am. At that time of the night my brain does not work very well, my body temperature is …

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Expect less, enjoy more – about happiness in Finland

My American friend Darren sent a link to an article about the results of the latest UN happiness index. My native country Finland was number 1 this year. How come? It cannot be because of the climate. Most of the year it is rather cold and humid, especially in the coastal regions. If the short summer happens …

From stalemate to a happy future

He seemed to be writing the same story day after day. In the afternoons we got together in the attic of the People’s High School in Hørsholm during our 14-day drama-writing course and read aloud to each other what we had written. He read the same story every day even though it became more and more …

Graveyards inspire me

Even before I married my current husband we shared a common interest: graveyards. Luckily he also enjoyed visiting graveyards on our biking trips and vacations abroad. Therefore when we went to the Birkerød church office to fill the necessary papers to book our wedding, we also rented a plot where our ashes would be buried …