Learning to Swim
WELCOME
I started this website and blog when we bought a beautiful seaside cabin a few years ago. The cabin has become our money pit and our calming retreat, a getaway from the daily grind in Helsinki.
Times have changed, and I have changed. Now this site is revamped for new things. Like, for example, moving on, while at the same time finishing what I've started.
BETTER BE: THE NEW & OLD ME
Here is my old blog, where I wrote about things like discoveries at our new/old seaside cottage, meeting the neighbors, my attempts at gardening, and getting familiar with local wildlife. This mental exercise eventually led to recollections of my Mormon childhood in Utah, which led way to ...
Learning to Swim: Reclaiming a Mormon Childhood. Or maybe it is called The Coffee of Sanpete County. I haven't decided yet. In any case, it is a collection of essays that have been floating around in my head for a long time now, maybe even a lifetime. Or, in some cases, longer than my own lifetime. Read on.
Me, with cake, around 1976
