Browsing the archives for the literature tag
On the left is a religious book printed in 1889 entitled Livets Flod or, “River of Life”. On the right is an English-Swedish dictionary (or, Engelsk-Svensk Ordbok – Lit. “word book”) from 1909. Center, my favourite, is a leatherbound Psalmebok (Psalm book), printed in 1881 and given to Hans A. Nordby, the Viking’s grandmother’s father, [...]
Don’t look so surprised. It’s a blog. My aunt reminded me tonight that July 23rd was quite a long time ago and hinted, not terribly subtly, that I ought to write another blog. I have decided NOT to simply recount the events of the past month (MONTH? Christ, I’m so far behind) by waxing eloquent [...]
It’s been a week. ONE WEEK of illness. My inner monologue is on a steady stream of profanity today. Everything tastes like phlegm. The upside is I’m losing weight. The downside is that EVERYTHING TASTES LIKE PHLEGM. It fucking sucks. Last night I think I finally figured out why I’m still sick: I’m fairly certain [...]