Thoughts on three types of musicians

Thoughts on three types of musicians

There are many different reasons that musicians do what they do, but in my experience I’ve known three primary types of musicians.  The most common way I see musicians portrayed (in the movies, TV, and literature) is as an artist – the type of person who is...
The summit of Kebnekaise

The summit of Kebnekaise

This is my own narrative of my journey to the summit of Kebnekaise, the highest mountain in Sweden.  This is a follow-up to the press story about it that I posted yesterday. Here you’ll find more background on why and how I did it. Where it all started… an...
Confluence

Confluence

Solitary walks in the woods are where everything makes sense. This week I was at a conference for work in Skamania county – a rural part of Washington State, on the Columbia River that is the border between Washington and Oregon.  It’s a place where two...
Lund Domkyrka – I denna ljuva sommartid

Lund Domkyrka – I denna ljuva sommartid

There once was a young Swedish woman named Elna Persdottir, who grew up on a farm outside the tiny town of Eslöv in Skåne, in the south of Sweden.  Elna was the oldest of five children, the daughter of a tailor, and from her father she learned the skills to become a...