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Wine + cod at home with my favorite person. 🐟 (previously)

Sanna holds up a bottle of white wine with a floral label that reads Yoko Riesling. A warped reflection of us in the bottle.

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Fika + podcast recording in the park with my favorite person. 🌸

Lying on my back on a sunny spring day in a peaceful park, looking over a gentle slope with early wildflowers and budding trees. Sanna sits to my left, smiling warmly in the sunlight.

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Time to pass the Blogroll.org baton to… Manuel Moreale! What a great choice. Thanks to Ray for gifting us the site in the first place.

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I went to two (!) anniversaries this week. Moderskeppet turned 20 and the family business turned 100. 🥳 One celebration had coffee, cake, and coffins. The other had champagne and… whatever this is?!

A man in a photo studio is wrapped in tape and stuck to an acoustic panel. The woman who did the taping looks on, pleased with herself.

Moderskeppet firade 20 år. Det var kul. Här är Jenny och Filip.

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While waiting for the official price of Mario Kart World in Swedish kronor, I entertained myself by looking up what Super Mario Kart cost back in December 1993. The answer? 549 kr. (via Martin)

Adjusting for inflation (71.56% between then and now), 549 kr in 1993 would be equivalent to 942 kr today (roughly $98). Curious to see what the game actually ends up costing.

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Only 64 days until the Nintendo Switch 2 drops! Time to start saving up. 👾

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I finished Asimov’s I, Robot yesterday, just in time to catch Elle and Grace going through the stories. You get so much more out of a book by talking about it or, in this case, just listening to smart people discuss it. Looking forward to April’s read. You should join the sf book club too! 📚

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Today I baked a batch of seed crackers, had coffee with the family in my sister’s allotment garden, climbed a tree, won a stone-skipping competition against my nieces, and slipped and fell on my ass trying to jump over a flower bed. I regret nothing.

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Less keyboard, more wood splitting today, and in just a t-shirt! No jacket needed. I’ve decided spring is officially here, and there will be no more snow. 🌞

A blue log splitter sits next to a makeshift wooden workbench, stacked with freshly split firewood. Nearby, a pile of uncut logs waits its turn.

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They did not disappoint—Svart Ridå live at Huskvarna Folkets Park. 🎵

Dressed in white shirts and black ties, the trio played to a packed crowd, bathed in moody red and purple lights.

All energy, all motion under the glow of purple.

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Jag postade precis iväg mitt och Sannas lilla elektroniska nyhetsbrev med ämnesraden Ett viktorianskt psyko och en felkönande AI. In och läs om du gillar skräck och/eller sf. 📚

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Surf on over to Alafiya’s website right now. That bird is animated! 😍 (via Rachel)

A lush green personal website homepage with a leafy background, yellow flowers, and a red bird perched on a branch. The name Alafiya Hasan appears in green, handwritten text. Navigation links labeled about, work, and contact surround the bird.

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Just updated my now page! 👀 It’s about… running a two-business household, a father-and-son project, contemplating whether to splurge on overpriced secondhand Billie Eilish tickets, the emptiness after finishing all of Becky Chambers’ novels, and more.

My desk with a stack of books and Affinity Publisher open on the monitor, displaying my work in progress.

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The family business turns 100 this year. Dad has written about its history, and I’m typesetting the book, sorting through a bunch of photos along the way. I love the eerie feel of this one of the factory, taken during a winter in the 1950s. 🏭

A black-and-white photo of the factory. The building stands under a dark sky, with a plume of smoke rising from the chimney and snow covering the ground.

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Mys när @bjoreman@toot.cafe hittat en länk som han tycker skulle platsa i vår podd och drar igång en spontan Hej (resten av) internet!-sektion i Björeman // Melin // Åhs. 🥰 Japp, indieblog.page är helt klart i vår smak och, ja, det är hög tid att vi masar oss till inspelningsbåset igen. 😋

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My view from the sofa yesterday during movie night with the niece. With a two-year-old, movie night is more like movie afternoon. She managed nine minutes before wanting to play dress-up instead.

Her dad let her have as many pieces of candy as she is years old. I got two pieces of candy, too. 😋

A saucer with one piece of candy left on it. In the background, the Swedish cartoon Bamse is playing on the tv.

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Warm enough for cardamom bun and coffee in the sun today! I’m reading I, Robot for Elle Cordova’s sf book club. 📚

Bulle på finporslin i gräset, tillsammans med kaffe i termos och boken 'I, Robot'.

Första soliga vårfikan i Idas park. Sven tog med finporslin i jackfickan.

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My Instagram connector for Tapestry has been broken for a while, but I’m working on fixing it. It’s getting there! I’m also experimenting with a connector for X. It’s so weird seeing posts from both platforms in the same timeline.

There are still kind and interesting folks on these sites. Now, I can keep up with them until they leave for better, more open alternatives.

My phone with Tapestry open, showing posts from Instagram and X in the same timeline.

And about Neal’s post in the photo…

sometimes I design something and then realize I’m thinking about the wii menu again

Our brains must be wired similarly. I think about the Wii Menu sometimes too. 😋

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On the topic of great blog posts, here’s @annie’s Despite the horrors, the laundry must be done; Despite the laundry, the horrors must be faced. A thoughtful approach to navigating the upsetting and complex situations we face, both at home and in the world.

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Robert is curious about the blog posts that resonated with you in February. He’s started curating a list of people’s favorites, a very cozy way to find some good reads for the weekend. My favorite post is in there too! Surf over to Robert’s blog to see which one I chose. 🏄