RSSSunday, 25th May, 2008
Swedish spring
Quiet, bright, illuminated, Swedish spring mornings are what make it worthwhile living in this Nordic country. It’s 8 am and the quietude is commanding. I’ve lived in Sweden for 10 years now; transported from noisy Brooklyn to quiet Malmö. Residual culture shock is a factor that impairs my assimilation a decade on. I have not wholly conformed…
Friday, 16th May, 2008
Race without Race
Many people still think of the US of A as a segregated multicultural nation saturated with racial issues. This is true. Very true. At least in rural America where, ironically, race is less of a demographic issue than in urban dwellings. For a country originally made up of so many different ethnicities, having race play such an important part in the…
Monday, 12th May, 2008
From four wheels to two
The bike paths and streets of Malmö, Sweden are filled not just with kids and sporty types, but also with young parents and babies, groups of chatting teenagers, and elderly woman in pantyhose and skirts. As impressive as the moving bikes are, it’s the stationary ones that really hammer home the Swedish devotion to cycling: the overflowing bike parking…
Sunday, 4th May, 2008
Skate here and you die
“Good afternoon gentlemen. I’m the mother of that little boy, whom you said you would like to kill,” is how I introduced myself to the two startled teenaged Swedish skaters as I pointed my finger at my frightened son, the object of their aggressive outburst. This incident occurred at Malmö’s Stapelbäddsparken on Friday afternoon. And it was…
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