Dreaming of Freedom

K and I went and had a fika at Steinbrenner and Nyberg on Södra Vägen thanks to Karin and her money saving two for one voucher. It’s a lovely cafe with a hidden courtyard at the back. We munched paninis and sketched the brick work and bushes. Thanks Karin!

It was a day of free things and thanks to Anni we had free entrance tickets for Liseberg and perhaps most exciting of all we had free tickets for a ride. So very bravely we went on Balder and it was truly terrifying. I was clinging on for dear life as the tiny carriage plummeted to the earth leaning on its side. The pictures show me pale and frozen while K is smiling and relaxed as if he’s strolling in the park on a sunny day. It was all worth it as afterwards although my legs were shaking and my mouth was dry - I felt I’d been given a new lease of life. Thanks Anni!

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I arrived back in Sweden yesterday morning and Keyvan and I wandered straight up to the library to check out the art by Pushwagner on display there. After a rest, some soup and a nice cup of a tea in the art museum cafe we had a look round the photos and the latest exhibition (It’s a wonderful world) in the adjoining Konsthallen. After which we walked down through the grey streets to Haga where I met up with Cheri and we went off to munch more soup in Cafe Kringlan. K and I are now back in Haga at our favourite Grappolino’s where we’re reading Erich Fromm - Beyond The Chains Of Illusion.

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For all you music lovers in London you should check out Joe Button playing guitar with Anna Mudeka on Sunday at the Southbank Centre in London.

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Vanessa has got her wonderful website all set up - anyone looking for online English lessons should check out englishteacheronline.co.uk.

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Yesterday I actually managed to play a bit of tennis with Jolien and Vanessa before heading to the Friends Meeting House to go to a Stop The War meeting on Afghanistan. The meeting was quite interesting - a chap from the National Office came down and they showed the new documentary called Timeline that John Rees has made.

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The last few days have been full of art and music. I finally got Emi’s cd and have been listening to it all evening. Emi rocks. Check out her latest tracks on Fairtilizer. I spent some time looking at Paul Neale’s pictures - you’d never know from his troubled paintings he was an amazing wit.
Then to add a bit of joy to my own life I went out and brought a guitar. A week of practicing on Tim’s left handed one probably did me no end of good but I felt it was time to splash out. The tips of my fingers are numb and this makes typing a real problem so I’m hoping the sacrifice of my nerve endings is worth it in the end.

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The weekend passed under grey skies but no rain. Friday I spent with Jolien, Vassessa and Nicole in the Fort St George. On Saturday I convinced Jolien to come to the FitzWilliam with me and we managed to go on a free tour of the Darwin exhibition. On Sunday my neighbour, Jolien and I all went to Jesus College to look at the sculpture and the church before winding up in the Copper Kettle for a drink. Then it was back to work yesterday with aching fingertips because I decided to take up playing the guitar on Sunday night. Tim’s guitar is left handed so I’m learning it all the wrong way round but I can almost play a couple of notes although moving between the notes quickly and gracefully is really hard. Today the sun is shinning and after work I’m off to the Peace Cafe’s book club to discuss John Berger From A to X and then to the Free Press to meet up with the humanists.

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