8230;the open-mindedness with which one must look and listen, record in astonishment and wonder that which one would not have been able to guess. But wait, go back a second, why did I stop blogging? And now Baby Brother is two! Posted in Baby brother.

When I started blogging, I had just moved to Australia and everything was a novelty.

What would you like to know about me? June 9, 2014. I know, it has been a while. I also know that I have promised a rant about the downsides of living here in Cape Verde but the weather was too wonderful today to find anything bad to say. Instead I am going to make you all a bit more jealous of my life here.

How the Tao of the sandbox is making me a real man for the digital age. I live in California now, though we still spend summers in Sweden. All this moving made me think hard about the nature of home in a restless age. This is what I came up with for The Morning News. What do you do when, in the middle of a life of perpetual movement, you find yourself desperate for a place of stillness? Dancing around the Midsummer Pole. I am often the only man dancin.

An Adventure in Stockholm, Sweden. Tuesday, March 20, 2012. Seems like it could do with a little updating, no? So sometimes its good to sit back, take stock, and really appreciate the fine specimens of Swedish manhood that exist. Also, this very special edition of The List, is brought to you by OhioGirl Watching Movies and TV in Swedish.

Life resembles a novel more often than novels resemble life. Have you ever thought that you might be turning into someone you used to think you would never be? Not a single time? I have. Would you die for something? Well ahmm. My answer will be yes. The Way The World Works.

Wherein I attempt to age gracefully. Before my eldest was born, a baby was kidnapped from the hospital where I would eventually deliver. It was in the news every night. It took months to find the child. When he walked into the recovery room, without my baby, before I could say a word, he .