Tinkering a bit more with my theme. I’ve now added separate styles for both the books and notes categories. Still planning to play around with it, but first… I really need to do some code cleaning. 🧑💻✍️
Photo challenge day 28: Ephemeral 🪦📷
From Skogskyrkogården (The Woodland Cemetery), just a few minutes from central Stockholm. It’s a beautiful and peaceful place — it’s even on the UNESCO World Heritage List. If you ever come to Sweden, I highly recommend a visit.
Cherish what you have
I remember a house inspection I did a while back. Before I started looking around, I asked the owner if any of the bathrooms had been renovated recently. He said no. Then we got to the first one, and it looked almost brand new. When I mentioned that, he said: “Oh no, this must’ve been redone at least… let me think… five years ago.” Crazy! No matter how much money someone has, that kind of thing still blows my mind.
Photo challenge day 27: Collective 🎤📷
Shot earlier this year when Kent, one of the biggest bands in Sweden, did a few reunion gigs.
Blogging balance
In her latest post, Véronique writes that she’s been thinking about posting daily “card pulls” and journaling prompts. She then adds: …but idk if that would be too much for people who aren’t interested in that stuff… I emailed her and said that I totally think she should go for it if she feels like it. I’d appreciate it, which probably means some other readers would too. After writing that, I realized I’m very much the same way myself.
I’ve updated the Micro.blog Rainbow Logo post with matching styles to create a rainbow border for your avatar. 🌈✍️
Photo challenge day 26: Bridge 🌉📷
Gorgeous morning! Off to work on one of the islands. Not sailing there with that majestic ship, though… maybe next time! 📷🛳️☀️
Awesome aging
Since I’m in the one step at a time process of moving my blog, and today picked Ava’s post I like getting older for my Junited 2025 list, I figured it was the perfect time to move this 2024 post of mine over here. I was listening to an interview with the Swedish artist Peter Jöback. They were talking about aging, and he said: I feel like my life started after I turned 50.
Still tinkering with my Micro.blog. The latest experiment: a typewriter/paper-style look for my shorter notes. Might try some special styles for ”Finished reading” posts as well. 🎨✍️
Photo challenge day 25: Decay 🛳️📷
The ”Ghost Ship” on Koh Chang in Thailand. The photo is taken before the fire last year that unfortunately destroyed part of the structure.
Micro.blog Rainbow Logo
Want to sprinkle some rainbow magic on your Micro.blog during Pride Month? Or why not keep the joy going all year round? Rainbows never go out of style! 🌈✨ Just hop over to ‘Design → Edit CSS’ and paste in the code below. I’m using the mnml theme, but it should play nicely with most standard ones. .site-title { background: linear-gradient(to right, #ef5350, #f48fb1, #7e57c2, #2196f3, #26c6da, #43a047, #eeff41, #f9a825, #ff5722); -webkit-background-clip: text; -webkit-text-fill-color: transparent; } Update: Here’s a way to add a colorful border to your avatar too.
True success is daring to fail
We often only see the finished product, not the messy journey behind it. That thought struck me while I was listening to an interview with the Swedish artist Per Gessle, best known for his work with the band Roxette. When asked about the key to success, he replied: “You have to dare, and you have to fail, and you have to make a fool of yourself, and you have to do terrible things to do good things.
High on low expectations
We’ve all been there: the anticipation of something great, only to be met with disappointment. It’s easy to have high expectations in life. A much-anticipated sci-fi film, a dream trip promising fantastic experiences, a project we strongly believe in. Then reality doesn’t live up to those expectations. We become disappointed, and everything feels like a big failure. What if we lowered our expectations a bit? We can still look forward to things with joy and strive to realize our ideas, but our happiness and well-being don’t have to depend on the final result.
Photo challenge day 24: Bloom 💐📷
Taken during the annual flower festival in Chiang Mai, Thailand. 🇹🇭
A life in motion
Lately, it’s struck me that I now prefer books, movies, and shows that feel real and take place more or less in modern times. I used to love animated films, fantasy, and stories with historical themes. But not so much anymore. Maybe it’s just a phase I’m going through. I don’t know. Still, I find it interesting. What shapes the different phases we go through in life? External circumstances? Inner insights?
Photo challenge day 23: Fracture 🌳📷
Blog Recycling
I listened to an interview (it’s in English by a Swedish journalist) with the American songwriter and producer Desmond Child. He mentioned that he had used one of his creations in three different productions with three different artists: If You Were a Woman (And I Was a Man) – Bonnie Tyler You Give Love a Bad Name – Bon Jovi Kings & Queens – Ava Max Here’s a short audio clip with the intros back to back.
I’ve updated the Our Blogging Workflow page with several new names. If you have a similar post and would like to be included, just let me know. I’d be happy to add you! 🧑💻✍️
Photo challenge day 22: Hometown 🏘️📷
On my about page, I have written a little bit about where I live.
