The Further Adventures of Miss Kitten

We all know that traveling by air these days is series of unavoidable hassles. There’s really no point in repeating what’s been said about the humiliations of the security check line. We’ve all had to remove our shoes, we’ve all been patted down, and we’ve all had our possessions confiscated (read: stolen) by TSA officers. [...]

Body of missing Irish tourist found

Published: 26 Mar 08 14:08 CET
Online: http://www.thelocal.se/10714/
Police in Stockholm have recovered the body of Irish tourist John Aherne.

No headway in search for missing Irish tourist (26 Mar 08)
Dive for missing tourist inconclusive (25 Mar 08)
Police continue search for missing Irish tourist (23 Mar 08)

His body was found shortly before midday [...]

Yesterday was Easter Sunday and I thought it would be fun to make Easter eggs. In fact, even though neither the Swede nor myself are particularly religious, we decided to make a day of it. I made us a dinner of Swedish holiday ham and all the trimmings, and we ate Easter dinner and drank [...]

I find myself both frustrated and relieved by this latest news concerning the search for John Aherne. This means he could still be alive,…..but where is he????
Search continues for missing Irish tourist
Published: 23 Mar 08 16:56 CET
Online: http://www.thelocal.se/10662/
Police are to continue the search for a missing Irish tourist on Tuesday after a five hour [...]

This article was posted a couple of days ago, but I haven’t gotten around to reposting it until now. The implications were almost too horrible to think about. Needless to say there’s been a lot of speculation amongst the English speaking community here in Sweden regarding the “something” that the Swedish police found in the [...]

Ahh…Sweden in the springtime. Lovely, isn’t it?

We had some snow back in November, but then apart from the occasional fleeting flurry, the entire winter passed without any accumulation. This meant no sledding, no skiing, no snowball fights, and no snowmen. The lack of snow became a logistical problem a few weeks ago during a cross-country [...]

This latest news article appeared in the Irish online newspaper, Independent.ie:

John Aherne: Went missing during St Patrick’s weekend
Thursday March 20 2008
A SEARCH is underway for an Irishman who disappeared in Sweden during the St Patrick’s weekend.
John Aherne (32), from Dodder Bank apartments on Milltown Road in Dublin, was last seen on Saturday night, when he [...]

I’m a regular reader of The Local website, and a regular poster on site’s message board. This last weekend another Local regular had a close friend from his home country of Ireland visiting for St. Patrick’s Day. The two of them spent Saturday night out and then his friend disappeared without a trace, leaving his [...]

An Old Irish Blessing
May love and laughter light your days,
and warm your heart and home.
May good and faithful friends be yours,
wherever you may roam.
May peace and plenty bless your world
with joy that long endures.
May all life’s passing seasons
bring the best to you and yours!

I love books, but lately I just haven’t seemed to have any patience for novels and fiction. The pocket book (paperback) shop at the the central station in downtown Gothenburg has a pleasantly large selection of English language titles in both fiction and non-fiction.
Along with everything else here in Sweden, books (especially English books) tend [...]