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Peculiar Finland

finland — “Words shall not be hid, nor spells buried, might shall not sink underground, though the mighty go.” E. Lönnrot – Kalevala

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Helsinki
Suomenlinna
Rovaniemi
Ranua wildlife zoo
The Santa Claus village
Haparanda-Tornio (crossing the Finnish-Swedish border)

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A toilet with a view
My Finnish candy haul
The Finnish-Slovenian token exchange
Couchsurfing in Rovaniemi: sauna beer and a possessed cat

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Calling all tea lovers and tessomancy witches, tod

Calling all tea lovers and tessomancy witches, today's #erraticbookwednesdays reading recommendation is for you! 🍵 There are very few romance books I've read that I've actually loved, and In the Land of Tea and Ravens by R.K. Ryals is one of them, with a touch of the paranormal. It's about a young woman with a mystical family heritage, who keeps watch over an ancient, battered tea mug in a house guarded by ravens, and a man who chooses to get to know her despite the town rumour that women from her family drive men insane. 😵 The story is written in an eerie, poetic way, full of symbolism, secrets and a bit of magic as both characters try to overcome their troubled pasts and navigate their relationship against all odds. It's not very soppy or sexual and it's a wonderful book for tea lovers, as it all "began and ended with a cup of tea". Personally, I wouldn't mind another cup of tea from the author. 💕
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'Why am I suddenly obsessed with tea?' R. K. Ryals - In the Land of Tea and Ravens
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P. S.: For some reason I like this weird photo from @cajnahisa. 🤨
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Today's #erraticbookwednesdays recommendation a bi

Today's #erraticbookwednesdays recommendation a bit on the lighter side, but absolutely worth your time. The 13.5 Lives of Captain Bluebear by Walter Moers is a wonderfully imaginative story about the many lives of a blue bear in the fantastic land of Zamonia. 💙 He's found in a walnut shell as a child, attends a school where intelligence is an infectious disease, goes on to become an explorer of enchanted forests, the leader of phantasmagoric desert towns, a lie gladiator in a city with invisible people and so on. 🌪️ It may sound like a story for kids, but the whole book is a very intelligent mix of lunatic, epic fantasy full of satire and humour, complete with the author's illustrations of all his crazy creations, so it's something all adults should read as well. If we live in crazy times, we might as well read crazy, heart-warming books too. 😊
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'I had dispensed with a rudder on the principal that fate must be given a chance.' W. Moers - The 13.5 Lives of Captain Bluebear
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I've got two very autumnal new blog posts for you!

I've got two very autumnal new blog posts for you!❗1. A mushrooms appreciation post with all the gorgeous photos from our forest walk yesterday. 🍄 And 2. My review of the pottery workshop with Anja from @clay.elej, where I made the mug on the third photo (scroll through to see my pottery achievement 😎). Come read, link in bio as always! 🍂
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Like most of Europe, Slovenia is drowning in the s

Like most of Europe, Slovenia is drowning in the second wave of #covid19 and we're practically on lockdown again. 🌊 I'm honestly going a bit stir crazy, which is why I'm posting what is probably the second selfie on my IG, but look, there's me, on a train! Also, the launch of my ERRATIC HAT podcast is postponed until January 2021, because life kind of got in the way. 👒 In the meantime, let's learn a bit about hats in my new podcast 'making of' video with Eva @golobjegnezdo - link in bio. Stay safe, wash your hands and wear a mask when needed, preferably a reusable one! 😷 #zerowaste
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Autumn is in full colourful swing here in Ljubljan

Autumn is in full colourful swing here in Ljubljana, so here are some impressions from the other day. 🍂 Also, today's #erraticbookwednesdays recommendation is Alias Grace by Margaret Atwood. It's a historical fiction mystery, where a young woman is convicted of murdering her employer and his mistress. She claims to have no memory of it and a psychiatrist sets out to find out if she's innocent, evil or insane. 📚 The book is based on real events and the character of Grace is wonderfully complex, but if there's one word to describe this novel, it's elegant. There's something smooth and graceful about the writing and the whole story, even as it explores all the social injustices and double standards of its time, as well as mental illness and Grace's troubled mind, which are relatively heavy topics. There's a TV series with the same name as well. 🍁
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'All the same, Murderess is a strong word to have attached to you. It has a smell to it, that word---musky and oppressive, like dead flowers in a vase. Sometimes at night I whisper it over to myself: Murderess, Murderess. It rustles, like a taffeta skirt across the floor.' M. Atwood - Alias Grace
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