Autumn morning
I walk next to the lake every morning
All posts tagged: Tampere
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Saturday evening
How is it to live in Finland?
I am back in Finland. I have been in Italy for three weeks. In my hometown, Cremona. It has been the longest I have been there for many years. A question that I was asked few times has been: how is it to live in Finland? We came back to Europe, and chose Finland, five years ago. That was June 2017. We chose Tampere over Helsinki because we lived here about 10 years earlier. It […]
Shoun and His Mother
A wonderful Zen story that I re-discovered this week which gave me confort.
Presence
Om Namah shivaya guraveSat chidananda murtayeNisprapanchaya shantayaNiralambaya tejase
Birch trees
Rantaperkyö
Maybe it is because of ….
Maybe it is because I am working with colleagues on the design of a research project that will apply a systems research framework to EdTech and education. Maybe it is because of the book I am reading: Steps to an Ecology of Mind by Gregory Bateson. Maybe it is because the days are getting longer here in Finland and when I am out in the early morning to walk our dog I notice the intricate patterns of the […]
Bench with a view
There is this bench at the end of this line of trees. It stands there looking out at the frozen lake on the other side of the lake. Day. Night. Snow. Rain. It stands there and looks out. I look at it and think about the people who come here and sit on it. Looking at the landscape and are lost in their thoughts. Week after week. Month after month. Some of them are worrying. […]