Finished reading: Studie i mänskligt beteende by Lena Andersson 📚
I really like her books! She has a fantastic ability to capture people’s quirks in a way that’s both hilarious and touching.
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. 🇹🇭
Finished reading: Crucifix Killer by Chris Carter 📚
A new favorite of mine in the crime/thriller genre, and I’m not just saying that because the main character is named Robert.
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.
Love music? Check out the podcast Hemma hos Strage (At Strage’s Place). It’s hosted by Swedish journalist Fredrik Strage, who’s really great at doing interesting, fun, and thoughtful interviews. Some episodes are in Swedish with Swedish artists, but quite a few are in English. Give it a listen! 🎙️🎵✍️
Added Bukmark Club and A Webring List to the Blogging Tips & Tools page ✍️
Micro.blog Question Challenge
A while back, Ava kindly invited me to take part in her wonderful initiative, the Bear blog question challenge. You can read my answers here. Now that I’m on a new platform, I thought it would be fun and interesting to do a Micro.blog version of the same challenge. Below are Ava’s original questions, but with Bear swapped out for Micro.blog (and the tags part removed, since MB doesn’t use tags).
Photo challenge day 21: Silhouette 🌴📷
Swedish Midsummer: family, frogs & flowers
Today is Midsummer’s Day here in Sweden. Of all the holidays we celebrate, this might just be the biggest. Yes, even bigger than Christmas. This year, I spent it with my family in Åkersberga, the neighborhood where I grew up. It was a lovely day with great weather, lots of people, and of course, the iconic Midsummer pole. Part of the tradition involves decorating the pole with flowers and birch branches before raising it.
Ordered the “IndieWeb is Punk” T-shirt created by Jim Mitchell, based on a blog post by Jamie Thingelstad. Glad it was possible to get it shipped to Sweden for an extra fee (Total: $49.56). ✍️ Update: Arrived!
Today is Midsummer’s Eve in Sweden! To celebrate, I decided to give my blog a Midsummer pole logo. Glad midsommar! 🇸🇪☀️✍️