Spring – b.rox

Kalix, April 28, 1986 (twenty-five years ago today) All of a sudden Sweden melted and I found myself in the Garden of Eden. No kidding. Today it got up to +10ºC. There’s still snow on the ground in lots of places, but much of it has melted now. Parched-dry streets streaked with rivulets of flowing […]

Another advantage of sickness — it can be a good excuse to go on a sobriety binge. I don’t know about anyone else, but when I’m sick my desire to drink alcohol and caffeine diminishes severely. I don’t want anything to make my recovery longer. Actually, let me make a liar of myself. In the […]

I don’t seem to have been writing much here lately, and I’m not sure why. It could be that mentally I’m on spring break, and so I have prepared this mix for your enjoyment. The University is actually on spring break this week, but poor slobs like me are working anyway. As one (faculty) friend […]

It’s three weeks until Mardi Gras. I’d been meaning to post something here about masking on Mardi Gras, how it’s pretty much essential to the spirit of the day, how it differs from Halloween, and so forth, for the benefit of my parents who will be coming down for their first Carnival ever. But I’ve […]

Tag: Spring

Spring Thaw

Rites of Spring

Spring Break

Spirits of Spring