After taking a longer than anticipated hiatus from writing, I am back! In all fairness, it's been a whirlwind - I uprooted 8 years of my...

Last April, I was able to do something I had long wanted to: see the cherry blossoms in full bloom in Washington, DC. Every year, at the...

Fascinated by the ideas of fika and coziness, I started learning about the Swedish culture, attitudes and traditions, and found the Swedish