chapeau!

At some point while the sky morphed from sunset to sunrise on Midsummer night, I realized why this night is so celebrated: the sky never sto...

We are 3 nights from the longest day of the year. I have to admit that I don't understand how the days could get any longer and the nigh...

As I staked out my padded bench, I realized that it was two years and four days since I last found myself sleeping on the benches in Helsin...

After the hike, the 3 buses, the two airport shuttles, the three planes, the night in an airport hotel, and the taxi ride to Boulder, I made...

It is one of those great ironies that climate scientists fly to - at least, relative to, say, doctors, teachers, lawyers or other non-intern...

It was a tough weekend. Sunbathing on the dock (yes mom, I wore sunscreen). Well, I *had* to finish my novel, and why sit inside and waste a...

Were I to broadly generalize from my limited experiences in Hyytiala to the rest of Finland, I might come to certain conclusions. For exampl...