Showing posts with label swedish. Show all posts
Showing posts with label swedish. Show all posts

Wednesday, December 19, 2012

no boring lamps


you know how i love me a good lamp, so it's actually quite surprising that a.) i haven't shown you our fabulous triplex lamp before this (it arrived clear back in august) and b.) that our house is otherwise so rubbishly-lit. it's no wonder i just needed new and much stronger reading glasses (to the tune of way more kroner than i care to admit or type). but it is not the fault of the triplex lamp. you may know a bit about it, since bloggy friend ulrika and her husband have revived this swedish classic and are producing them once again today.  ours is one of the first batch (no. 11) and we're thrilled to bits to have it.

come to think of it, i might not have shared it before because all i've taken are rubbish photos of it that do not, by any means, do it justice. i suggest you head over to the triplex website to see some proper pictures of it.


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flannery o'kafka has an awesome feel. 

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ithkuil : the search for a more perfect (rational?) language.

Friday, September 28, 2012

tranströmer poems

ponies


it's nearly time again for the nobel prize for literature. here are some gems from last year's winner, tomas tranströmer (best brush up on your swedish), while we wait:

Hör suset av regn.
Jag viskar en hemlighet
för att nå in dit.



Scen på perrongen.
Vilken egendomlig ro -
den inre rösten.



Askfärgad tystnad.
Den blå jätten går forbi.
Kall bris från havet.

Saturday, November 05, 2011

november sun


Novembersolen...
min jätteskugga simmar
och blir en hägring.
          - Tomas Tranströmer, Den Stora Gåtan