Svinnersta – ElekTrik Zoo Films

7 Jan 2016

Running in the snow.

One mile into this run, and I have to strip off layers. Can you believe you can get overheated in the middle of this winter wonderland? Can you believe I’ll miss running in the snow? It’s true. The crisp … Read More

7 Jan 2016

Six Miles

On this day we do the six mile run. It goes through fields and around the frozen lake and onto the main road. We pass sheep and horses and tractors. The snow doesn’t slow us down. It crunches beneath … Read More

6 Jan 2016

Svinnersta 2016

Back in Svinnersta the air is crisp, and the sky is blue. This is the last time we’ll stay here. Karin is moving back to Örebro in March. Göran was her tie to this place and ours as well. … Read More

29 Dec 2015

Norse gods

This is before the snow comes. The weather is mild…almost balmy for winter in Sweden. We run four miles in training for the half marathon. Then we walk it again after darkness falls. If you look sideways and squint your … Read More

22 Aug 2015

I’m trying to remember him as he was: a simple person who found joy in simple things like: eating Karin’s mango chicken, harvesting his own Christmas tree, fika, four-wheeling, sleeping in the forest, Eurovision, Elsa, milk, elk meat, etc. For atheists, Göran lives in our memories and collectively. We will carry him. For believers like me, he is all around us, and we will meet him again in spirit.

9 Feb 2015

A couple has bought the farm across the road. The only one annoyed is Elsa the cat. This is her hunting ground, and she does not like the color they’ve painted the barn.

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