A Guide on How Swedes do their fika and how Swedish Fika is a mindful tradition that holds the key to a joyful hygge lifestyle. Scandinavians are known for their way of living a mindful life, a “hygge sort of life”. In Sweden, the foundation behind it is called FIKA (pronounced: fee-ka). It’s something every …
Greetings from the Southwest! I’m thrilled to share my road trip through the beautiful desert of California and Arizona and the charming places I stopped at along the way. The purpose of my trip was to go with my parents and sister to her graduation at the Arizona State University she had studied online through …
Midsummer is a magical holiday that is being celebrated in the northern part of Europe and one of the most popular holiday next to Christmas. It is during the Summer Solstice, which means that it is the longest day of the year, as well as the shortest night. If you are fortunate enough to visit …
Once upon a summertime in Sweden… June and strawberries are synonymous in Swedish culture. It feels like a miracle that there is such scrumptious ruby fruits growing from the earth after such a long winter and sometimes very cold springtime. Perhaps that’s why they taste that much more delightful after so much anticipation. Native Americans …
Mark Twain is one of the most known and beloved authors in the history of literature. His list of work is long but what people most likely think about when they hear his name is probably his stories about Tom Sawyer and Huckleberry Finn, set in the Mississippi River area around the 1840s. During the …
Hello dearies! Do you remember a few months ago when we took a trip to The Storyteller’s Cottage? After our write up of the children’s book publishing class we attended and wrote about, the lovely proprietor of this whimsical event space, invited us to come back for a photo shoot that would be in their …
The first annual Sleepy Hollow Literature Fest took place during a sunny Saturday in May. A one-day festival that brought book hungry readers and writers to the rural neighboring towns of Tarrytown and Sleepy Hollow; next to New York’s mighty Hudson River where the famous legend once was born. I am of course talking about …
Hello Dearies! I recently returned from a trip to California and every time I’m there I realize how much Disney is apart of the culture there. It’s perfectly natural for folks to walk around in a Donald Duck t-shirt or Goofy ball cap. Cars are decorated with Mickey Mouse stickers and antenna toppers. I remember …
Dearies, come along with us as we journeyed across America the Beautiful, from sea to shining sea! 2016 was the year of adventure for us as we were homeless/volunteering through the Workaway cultural exchange program. In part 1 of our road trip series we shared the charming places we stopped at on our southern road …
Dearies, come along with us as we journeyed across America the Beautiful, from sea to shining sea! In 2016 we took a road trip as we unexpectedly moved from California to Georgia and as we traveled we were struck by the diverse beauty of the USA as we watched the landscapes change from the West …
Swedish traveling in the springtime is filled with colorful gems. Like this unique farm that grows more than a million daffodils for thousands of visitors to enjoy. Fagerås is a small town where people come every year to experience a colorful spring miracle. Here grow millions of daffodils that is not only yellow but orange …
Hello dearies! Did you know that the largest privately owned house in the United States is located in the mountains of North Carolina? The Biltmore is a mansion built for George Washington Vanderbilt II between 1889-1895 and is still owned by the descendants of one of America’s richest families, the Vanderbilt’s. I was fortunate to …
