the previous past

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... on what happened while You were away in the previous past ...

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shag rug

untitled

Thank You, LT

solarized or solar-iced?

photo by Antero

the future

"The future is here. It's just not widely distributed yet." ~ William Gibson

the necklace

"... och nu ser du till att ha på dig det här halsbandet HEEEELA kvällen och tar under IIIINGA omständigheter av dig det innan du är hemma igen!" säger han med sin kännspaka diftong och med oerhört eftertryck. Jag är i DIVA-skolning den här kvällen. Men jag får nätt och jämt godkännt. Jag är uppvuxen med lingonris i håret och flytmossa upp till knäna.

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"... and now You make sure to wear this necklace AAAAAALL evening and under NOOOOO circumstances whatsoever do You take it off until You get back home!" he says with his characteristic diphthongization and strong emphasis. I'm in DIVA-training this evening. But my grades are lousy. I grew up with cowberry twigs in my hair and floating moss up to my knees.

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photo: Christian Irjala

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"My husband gave me a necklace. It's fake. I requested fake. Maybe I'm paranoid, but in this day and age, I don't want something around my neck that's worth more than my head."
~ Rita Rudner

love is everything

Lyrics K.D. Lang - Love Is Everything lyrics

hibiskus

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superstition

"Security is mostly a superstition, it does not exist in nature, nor do the children of men as a whole experience it. Avoiding danger is no safer in the long run than exposure - life is either a daring adventure or nothing."

~ Helen Keller (1880 - 1968)

aftermath & afterglow

Great gig at O'Learys in Jakobstad last Thursday! Magnificent musicians and a truly inspiring audience! However, the illumination on stage was horrible and so I decided to have PhotoShop help me out a little with these pictures taken by Lilian Huhtala (who btw did an excellent job considering the circumstances!). Funny enough - no matter how much I tried to work with these lightreflecting effects - PhSh still seemed determined to supply me with a halo around the head! And I don't mind. Nah. It's probably the only one I will ever be seen wearing ... ;-)

(Christoffer Kaustell, Egon Veevo and Macke Söderström)

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"Ain’t misbehavin'" - Fats Waller

"I can’t make You love me" – Bonnie Raitt

"You’ve got a friend" – Carole King

"Have I told You lately" – Van Morrison

"It could happen to You" - Johnny Burke and Jimmy Van Heusen

"Send in the clowns" - Stephen Sondheim

"Moments of pleasure" – Kate Bush

"Cry me a river" - Ella Fitzgerald
"Sweet love" – Anita Baker

"Where grace is" - Anni Paananen

"Moondance" - Van Morrison

"Blue" – Joni Mitchell

"All I want is You" - U2