For Ingar the war started with flowers


He had been tortured of german soldiers. Scars at the cheek could tell. He took refugees from Norway over the border to Sweden in nazi-occupied Norway during World War 2. Route Flisa – Sysslebäck. Northern part of Värmland. It started at a plant factory where flowers grew. He was asked to take people across theContinue reading “For Ingar the war started with flowers”

In the shadow of Syria


Sit all day listening to people coming from Syria who is trying to learn Swedish. Its a long way coming from a middleeastern country to Sweden in the far north. The conversation is in arabic. Teacher knows some Swedish. We are talking people in their low middleage. Have lived all life in Syria. Not all have a refugeeContinue reading “In the shadow of Syria”

Archive cleasing time – oops


cleaning and  organizing files from way back. and this pops up. Those were the days my friend. Young, rebel. 1978. Highschool. Södermalmsskolan. Kristinehamn. Värmland. Olds Epsonscanner is useful. Like the tones at the bottom

Två trappor upp på lärcenter


Får Tomas Boströms låt Via dolorosa. Vildhonung – musikal eller nåt ditåt, som jag hjälpte en kör i Älvsbacka under tiden som brodern var där som kantor. Med i kören var Anders Halvarsson som tillsammans med sin bror Christer är ett namn att lägga på minnet. Gick just förbi Christer som kom ner för denContinue reading “Två trappor upp på lärcenter”