Keep my mind fertile like the ground that feeds me.

I went to Crazy Days.
It is something of a must here in Helsinki.
I think it happens like twice a year at Stockmann
(read: Macy's) and I mean
it is crazy alright.
You know all those stylish old ladies
that walk the streets during the day?
Yeah
they turn into complete psychos during this wonderful event.
So in order to dodge these goofballs
I concentrated on socks and books this year.

Here is what I came out with without losing my head or any extremities.

Tove Jansson - Sent i November
Tove Jansson - Trollkarlens hatt
Milan Kundera - The Unbearable Lightness of Being
Virginia Woolf - Mrs Dalloway
Maria Sveland - Bitterfittan (read: The Bitter Cunt)
Paulo Coelho - The Pilgrimage
Khaled Hosseini - A Thousand Splendid Suns
Alexander McCall Smith - The World According to Bertie
Roald Dahl - Kiss Kiss
Roald Dahl - Someone Like You

Let us have fun!
(And don't you dare call me a nerd.)

- E

Rainy summer

I am currently reading the incredible story of the Mitford sisters.
How is it possible that they, all six, became oh so different?
Walked such stranged paths?
It is quite fascinating.



Then I watched one of the best movies on Saturday.
It is called The Joyluck Club. Or maybe just Joyluck Club.
Very touching, it tells the story of three aunties and their young girls.
The stories are all entangled with the strict and strange culture of China.

And also to provide my soul with some food other than thought I listen to:
Joanna Newsom
Rainy summer days have never been easier to cope with!

- E